Just Kids

'Cause it was Bell Biv DeVoe, playing on my radio

And I had Wu-Tang Clan living in my stereo

Mama said we're 6th generation Oregonians

I was rocking in Jordans with reflector tongues

Two kids with wet cement living down in their souls

They say what gets caught when you're young stays there when you're old

So misunderstood they say you're up to no good

And now we're trying our best to start it over again

If I'd had met you at the playground

Before a hand could tear your world down

Before I slammed down the door and

You said I'm just like my old man

Before I put you in those boxes

And we learned how to disagree

And how your family is a rocket

That blows up in infidelity

For crying out loud I wanna know

How the waves keep on crashing down the doors

Feel the weight of the world and they keep on bringing more

If it's just you and me on the floor

Go grab your coat and I'll drive us home

Like we were just kids

Just, j-j-just kids

J-j-just kids, just, just kids

Like we were just kids

Just kids, j-j-just kids

J-j-just kids, j-j-just kids

Bob Marley was painted on my high-school walls

But I just disappeared into the darkroom hall

Never thought I'd ever make it quite this far

Teacher put up my photographs, say "son you'll be a star"

It was smoking mirrors, running down through my veins

I kept on running downtown, running from God's grace

Every morning I'd climb back through, those window panes

And try my best to ride it out over instrumental tapes

If I'd had met you at the playground

Before a hand could tear your world down

Before I slammed down the door and

You said I'm just like my old man

Before I put you in those boxes

And we learned how to disagree

And how your family is a rocket

That blows up in infidelity

For crying out loud I wanna know

How the waves keep on crashing down the doors

Feel the weight of the world and they keep on bringing more

If it's just you and me on the floor

Go back and come in, I'll drive us home

Like we were just kids

Just, j-j-just kids

J-j-just kids, just, just kids

Like we were just kids

Just kids, j-j-just kids

J-j-just kids, j-j-just kids

I can feel it in the way we try

I can feel it in the way we fight

We're standing side by side

Like we were just kids

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