Tell your mom you need a day off

so we could 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

ride our boards down the hill and

to the playground where everything's okay



Tell your mom that we'll be home late

cause building cabins in the woods is hard work

you always stare while I'm leaving

cause summer time is growing near

my closest friends, they'll always be

you are the only one for me



Tell your mom to make us lunch now

cause we worked up an appetite

GI Joes and karate matches in the backyard

where everything's alright



Now I can see that things have changed

we've gone out seperate ways now

and it's not you and me anymore



Why cant it be the way it was

when we were younger life was good

my closest friends I couldn't see

you are the only one for me



and I guess I'll hold my breath

and I guess I'll hold my breath