C->F->C->Am

We sometimes make too much out of chance encounters.
A random e-mail from a classmate or past lover,
I remember when I ran into my best friend from jr high.
There was nothing better than laughing at the time
We stayed out long past midnight
And how your mother called mine
And they called the police and said:

We were grounded forever,
Which was more like four weeks.
Four weeks is forever
When you are that much younger.

(Chorus)

F And then we both get silent
G 'cause we wish we were younger.
Am We've become disconnected
C Maybe we are still grounded.

Remember sweet Eleanor who you liked
And how we talked about her often
She died the year after
The turn of the century
Where these memories were made.
She'd made new friends
And we'd lost touch anyway.
How I wish we'd talked one last time.

(chorus)

I remember the time that I slept on your couch
And how we'd talk after school
You remembered the neighborhood and our friends down the street
And how everyone had moved away
I asked about your mother
You said she'd remarried and moved to Ohio.

So I'll think about this time
You were taller and thinner
What ever happened to the pair of Nike shoes
That we'd bought together
The same day that you told me you were
Joining the army and going away.

We just sat there silently for five minutes
He thinks about his daughter whose husband just left her
I am thinking about fight that I had earlier
He pays the tab and I thank him.
I ask him about the military
He said it was good.