INTRO B C# F# x4 VERSE B C# F# 'Cause it was Bell Biv DeVoe, playing on my radio B C# F# And I had Wu-Tang Clan living in my stereo B C# F# Mama said we're 6th generation Oregonians B C# F# I was rocking in Jordans with reflector tongues B C# F# Two kids with wet cement living down in their souls B C# F# They say what gets caught when you're young stays there when you're old B C# F# So misunderstood they say you're up to no good B C# F# And now we're trying our best to start it over again PRE-CHORUS B If I'd had met you at the playground C# F# Before a hand could tear your world down B Before I slammed down the door and C# F# You said I'm just like my old man B Before I put you in those boxes C# F# And we learned how to disagree B And how your family is a rocket C# F# That blows up in infidelity CHORUS B C# F# For crying out loud I wanna know B C# F# How the waves keep on crashing down the doors B C# F# Feel the weight of the world and they keep on bringing more B C# F# If it's just you and me on the floor B C# F# Go grab your coat and I'll drive us home B Like we were just kids C# F# Just, j-j-just kids B CF# J-j-just kids, just, just kids B Like we were just kids C# F# Just kids, j-j-just kids B C# F# J-j-just kids, j-j-just kids VERSE B C# F# Bob Marley was painted on my high-school walls B C# F# But I just disappeared into the darkroom hall B C# F# Never thought I'd ever make it quite this far B C# F# Teacher put up my photographs, say "son you'll be a star" B C# F# It was smoking mirrors, running down through my veins B C# F# I kept on running downtown, running from God's grace B C# F# Every morning I'd climb back through, those window panes B C# F# And try my best to ride it out over instrumental tapes PRE-CHORUS B If I'd had met you at the playground C# F# Before a hand could tear your world down B Before I slammed down the door and C# F# You said I'm just like my old man B Before I put you in those boxes C# F# And we learned how to disagree B And how your family is a rocket C# F# That blows up in infidelity CHORUS B C# F# For crying out loud I wanna know B C# F# How the waves keep on crashing down the doors B C# F# Feel the weight of the world and they keep on bringing more B C# F# If it's just you and me on the floor B C# F# Go grab your coat and I'll drive us home B Like we were just kids C# F# Just, j-j-just kids B CF# J-j-just kids, just, just kids B Like we were just kids C# F# Just kids, j-j-just kids B C# F# J-j-just kids, j-j-just kids BRIDGE x4 B C# F# I can feel it in the way we try F# I can feel it in the way we fight B C# F# We're standing side by side F# B Like we were just kids