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 D
Im glad he didnt check
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 D
Out on the pirates deck
C
And I remember that night
G G/B C
When Im leaving a late night with some friends
G/B C
And I hear somebody tell me
G/B D
Its not safe, someone should help me
C D G
I need to find a nice man to walk me home
G/B
When I was a boy
I scared the pants off of my mom
C D
Climbed what I could climb upon
C G/B
And I dont know how I survived
G/B C
I guess I knew the tricks that all boys knew
G/B D
And you can walk me home
C D G/B
But I was a boy, 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 G/B
And now I'm in this clothing store
G/B C
And the signs say less is more
G/B D
More that's tight means more to see
C G/B D
More for them, not more for me
C D G/B
That can't help me climb a tree in ten seconds flat
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 C G
They got pills to sell, they've got implants to put in
G/B D C
They've got implants to remove
G/B D
But I am not forgetting
C D G/B
That I was a boy 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 G/B
And I so tell the man I'm with
G/B C
About the other life I lived
G/B D
And I say now you're top gun
C G/B D
I have lost and you have won
C D G/B
And he says, "Oh no, no, can't you 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 C
Now even when I'm alone I seldom do
C D G/B
And I have lost some kindness
C D G/B
But I was a girl too
C D G/B
And you were just like me
C D G
And I was just like you
