Tell your mom you need a day off
So we can play out in the rain
We'll catch a ride to the mall, go down to the arcade
Cause that's where all the cool kids hang
Tell your mom you need a day off
Cause I don't feel like school today
We'll ride our boards down the hill and to the playground where everything's ok
Tell your mom that you'll be home late
Cause building cabins in the woods is hard work
You always know that I'll be here cause summer time is coming near
My closest friendy, you'll always be
You are a hometown kid like me
Tell your mom to make us lunch now
Cause we worked up an appetite
G.I. Joes and karate matches in the backyard
Where everything's all right
Now I can see that things have changed
We've gone our separate ways now
And it's not you and me anymore, it's not you and me
Why can't it be the way it was when pain was only plastic guns
My closest friend, I couldn't say you are a million miles away
I guess I'll hold my breath
There is no harm in hoping for change