Artist: Dar Williams
[G]I wont forget when Peter Pan
[G/B]Came to my house, took my hand
[C]I said, "I was a boy"
[G/B]Im glad he didnt check [D]
[G]I learned to fly, I learned to fight
[G/B]I lived a whole life in one night
[C]We saved each others lives
[G/B]Out on the pirates deck [D]
[C]And I remember that night
[G]When Im leaving [G/B]a late night with some friends [C]
[G/B]And I hear somebody [C]tell me
[G/B]Its not safe, someone should hel[D]p me
[C]I need to find a nice [D]man to walk me [G]home
[G/B]When I was a boy
I scared the pants off of my mom
[C]Climbed what I could climb upon [D]
[C]And I dont know how I survived [G/B]
[G/B]I guess I knew the tricks that all boys [C]knew
And you [G/B]can walk me home[D]
[C]But I wa[D]s a boy,[G/B] too
I was a kid that you would like
Just a small boy on her bike
Riding topless, yeah
I never cared who saw
My neighbor come outside
To say, "Get your shirt,"
I said "No way, it's the last time
I'm not breaking any law"
[C]And now I'm in this clothing sto[G/B]re
[G/B]And the signs say less is more [C]
More that's tight means [G/B]more to see [D]
[C]More for them, n[G/B]ot more for me [D]
[C]That can't help [D]me climb a tree in ten seconds f[G/B]lat
When I was a boy, see that picture? That was me
Grass-stained shirt and dusty knees
And I know things have gotta change
[G/B]They got pills to sell, they've got impl[C]ants to put in [G]
[G/B]They've got implants to remove [D] [C]
But I am[G/B] not for[D]getting
[C]That I w[D]as a boy[G/B] too
And like the woods where I would creep
It's a secret I can keep
Except when I'm tired
'Cept when I'm being caught off guard
And I've had a lonesome awful day
The conversation finds its way
To catching fire-flies
Out in the backyard
[C]And I so tell the man I'm with [G/B]
[G/B]About the other life I l[C]ived
And I [G/B]say now you're top[D] gun
[C]I have l[G/B]ost and you have won [D]
[C]And he says, "Oh[D] no, no, can't y[G/B]ou see
When I was a girl, my mom
And I we always talked
And I picked flowers
Everywhere that I walked
[D]And I could always cry
[G/B]Now even when I'm alone I seldom do [C]
[C]And I have l[D]ost some kin[G/B]dness
[C]But I w[D]as a gi[G/B]rl too
[C]And you[D] were j[G/B]ust like me
[C]And I w[D]as just[G] like you
[G/B]Came to my house, took my hand
[C]I said, "I was a boy"
[G/B]Im glad he didnt check [D]
[G]I learned to fly, I learned to fight
[G/B]I lived a whole life in one night
[C]We saved each others lives
[G/B]Out on the pirates deck [D]
[C]And I remember that night
[G]When Im leaving [G/B]a late night with some friends [C]
[G/B]And I hear somebody [C]tell me
[G/B]Its not safe, someone should hel[D]p me
[C]I need to find a nice [D]man to walk me [G]home
[G/B]When I was a boy
I scared the pants off of my mom
[C]Climbed what I could climb upon [D]
[C]And I dont know how I survived [G/B]
[G/B]I guess I knew the tricks that all boys [C]knew
And you [G/B]can walk me home[D]
[C]But I wa[D]s a boy,[G/B] too
I was a kid that you would like
Just a small boy on her bike
Riding topless, yeah
I never cared who saw
My neighbor come outside
To say, "Get your shirt,"
I said "No way, it's the last time
I'm not breaking any law"
[C]And now I'm in this clothing sto[G/B]re
[G/B]And the signs say less is more [C]
More that's tight means [G/B]more to see [D]
[C]More for them, n[G/B]ot more for me [D]
[C]That can't help [D]me climb a tree in ten seconds f[G/B]lat
When I was a boy, see that picture? That was me
Grass-stained shirt and dusty knees
And I know things have gotta change
[G/B]They got pills to sell, they've got impl[C]ants to put in [G]
[G/B]They've got implants to remove [D] [C]
But I am[G/B] not for[D]getting
[C]That I w[D]as a boy[G/B] too
And like the woods where I would creep
It's a secret I can keep
Except when I'm tired
'Cept when I'm being caught off guard
And I've had a lonesome awful day
The conversation finds its way
To catching fire-flies
Out in the backyard
[C]And I so tell the man I'm with [G/B]
[G/B]About the other life I l[C]ived
And I [G/B]say now you're top[D] gun
[C]I have l[G/B]ost and you have won [D]
[C]And he says, "Oh[D] no, no, can't y[G/B]ou see
When I was a girl, my mom
And I we always talked
And I picked flowers
Everywhere that I walked
[D]And I could always cry
[G/B]Now even when I'm alone I seldom do [C]
[C]And I have l[D]ost some kin[G/B]dness
[C]But I w[D]as a gi[G/B]rl too
[C]And you[D] were j[G/B]ust like me
[C]And I w[D]as just[G] like you
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