me and tom sat down one night, our goal was to write a song we didn't want it to be too short, but we didn't want it too long We can write about politics, we can write about the world We can write about ourselves, we can write it about girls But what went thru our heads was to write about this song instead tom picked up his guitar and he started playing a tune some words went thru my head and i started singing them too we can write about our friends we can write about being blue we can write about something else we can write about being without you but what went thru our heads was to write about this song instead