We were drinking and passing joints
in
the coming of our age,
in
the foolishness of our youth,
but
I loved it just the same.
Capo
IV
A
Asus2 G - / C - G - / / F - C -
I
had just started college
when
those towers came down.
Childhood
was over,
but
I'd never be full grown.
Our
foolhardy, overgrown leaders
seemed
more and more insane.
Hawks
who looked more like pigeons,
I
swore I'd never be like them.
Oh,
they had all of the answers.
They'd
bring this threat to its knees,
but
when they brought their hammer down
they
only bent the nail even more.
Bridge:
Oh,
why couldn't they have seen
their
shot in the dark was bound to miss?
When
you try to force the human spirit,
it'll
always rise up and resist.
F
- C - / G - C - :||
So
let's just keep our shirts on,
and
not be too quick to roll up our sleeves.
Let's
talk it out as long as we can
before
we give up on peace.
Maybe
you think I'm naïve,
and
maybe you're right;
but
if this old world is to have a chance,
we've
got to pick the right fights.
So
maybe it was just a way to cope
with
all the bleakness that we'd seen,
a
misguided search for hope,
for
a catalyst to our dreams.
Whatever
the reason,
we
were drinking and passing joints
in
the coming of our age,
in
the foolishness of our youth,
but
I loved it just the same.