before these walls were blue

the world says you're ready when you're eighteen

well i was no exception to the rule. eager to try my hand at proving that i was a man

not an ounce of fear in anything i do. yeah i thought i knew it all

turns out i didn't have a clue

before these walls were blue. well i remember sitting there in that old rocker

reading

trying to get you back to sleep. well i'd find myself

laughing at you laughin'

wishing the hands of time that i could cheat

yeah i thought that i knew love

turns out i didn't have a clue

before these walls were blue. i believe in heaven

i believe in magic

i believe in the life inside these walls. now i believe

in dinosaurs and toy trains and baseball

what are you gonna be for halloween?

i'll be the villain

and you be the hero

you save the day the way that you saved me

yeah i thought i knew myself

turns out i didn't have a clue

before these walls were blue.