intro
F#, D, A, E, F#, D, E, 
                                  well i made my way back down to the valley
E(still)             right on past eighty-third street
(still)                                  (let ring)
thats where we once belonged, but i'm gone i swear i'm long gone
 [bad word] (same as intro kinda)
                              so give it up, throw your hats in the air
                                             and change just as they land your saying "we'll get out of here"
                                         F#, D, E,   but something tells me that your to scared to go

(still)
and the stairs that you could climb
were the ones you've left behind and your
                                   eyes light up when we talk about the past
    god i miss the songs we used to sing 
                                                       
talking like getting away would be the greatest thing 
                                                
well me, i got out and you just kept singing to me 
 like its really gonna set this free
 [bad word] 

(solo for 4 phrases)

                                
 like a ghost, you've been haunting all these dusty old roads
                                    and old homes, the ones we swore we'd never go. we'll never go
                                          so Joe, oh i've seen him around and there's Adam he's afraid to go out
                                           i dont blame him. i just wanted to go out to eat
             then there's mark, [bad word]  i wish him the best
                                                
we were kids back then as if we could progress and 
                                        sometimes i, i just cant sleep thinking of everything we could have been so