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 dont 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