Tom: D
D F#m
That was the way, that was the way it was
Bm G
When you're five years old and don't have nowhere else to run
D F#m
Except into your mother's arms, where she held you so tight
Bm G
And you're scared of the dark so you sleep with your little night light
D F#m
When you walked up to school and everyone there was your best friend
Bm G
When you learned your numbers and shapes and played pretend
D F#m
You didn't mind that your hair was a mess, you were so carefree
Bm G
You didn't know how cold and cruel this world would one day be
[Chorus]
Em A
We were just so young
D
We should have known
F#m Bm
We should have known
Em A D
That one day we'd hate our bodies and we'd orbit around buttons on a phone
F#m Bm
We should have known
Em A D
That one day we'd pluck our eyebrow hairs and wonder why the cool kids stared at me
F#m Bm
Oh why'd it have to be
Em
Our imaginations have run dry
A D
We hate ourselves and have a nightly cry
F#m Bm
And then we act like we're fine
Em A D
It's alcohol and bombs and drugs, don't ever let your children grow up
F#m Bm
(Oh oh oh oh oh oh)
D F#m
[Verse 2]
D F#m
We would swing on the swings and jump off and pretend we could fly
Bm G
But as soon as we blinked we grew up and we're junior high
D F#m
So our dads dropped us off at the park and we stayed out 'till ten
Bm G
So the makeup comes out and we think we need the perfect boyfriend
[Chorus]
Em A
We were just so young
D
How didn't we know
F#m Bm
How didn't we know
Em A D
That we'd be independent on our own and lose more friends while traveling down the road
F#m Bm
Oh, how didn't we know
Em A D
That there's more to life than sleepovers and jocks turn out worse than the science nerds
F#m Bm
But somehow that all gets blurred
Em
And some relationships they end real fast
A D
And though you want you might never get it back
F#m Bm
The doors close just like that
Em A D
It's depression and it's broken love, don't ever let your children grow up
F#m Bm
(Oh oh oh oh oh oh)
D F#m
(Vocals)
[Outro]
Em A
We're no longer young
D
So now that we know
F#m Bm
So now that we know
Em A D
That this world could use some turning 'round, if only we could find some common ground
F#m Bm
But it's up to us
Em A D F#m Bm
And although at times it gets so rough, you have got to let your children grow up
F#m Bm
Oh oh oh oh oh oh
Em A D
Yeah, you have got to let your children, got to let your children grow up
