Bm     G   D
Again and again
      A         Bm       G   D
Start over from scratch
      A           Bm       G   D
Build up from the ground
      A         Bm       G   D
The new kid in class

  A            Bm       G   D
I tell them my name
A          Bm       G   D
Again and again
  A         Bm       G   D
I try to be kind
    A           Bm       G   D
and hope for a friend

    A          G
And hope for a friend

     G                                  A
It's like a game of hide and seek, they count to ten and look for me
    Bm                                D
but it's been half an hour, I'm still crouched behind the couch and think
     G                           A
That maybe they've forgotten me, gave up, gone to watch T.V.
    Bm                        D
but I’ll be hiding quietly in case they circle back for me

    G
The childhood I had
      F#          G
An outsider in my head
          Bm     G   D
Again and again

A Bm G D

A         Bm     G   D
Again and again
    A          Bm     G   D
We pack up and move
  A           Bm     G   D
I skip like a stone
    A             Bm     G   D
New school to new school
  A       Bm     G   D
Unable to float
    A          Bm     G   D
and holding my breath
 A          Bm     G   D
Afraid to approach
     A         Bm     G   D
Will you be my friend?
               G
Will you be my friend?

     G                                  A
It's like a game of hide and seek, they count to ten and look for me
    Bm                                 D
but it's been several hours, I'm still crouched behind the couch and think
     G                                     A
That I'm the piece they'd rather lose, the seed you plant that never blooms
  Bm                                D
A new kid much too nervous to stand up, step out or leave his room

    G
The childhood I had
      F#          N.C.
An outsider in my head
          Bm     G   D
Again and again

A Bm G D
         A          Bm     G   D
Class we have a new student
       A          Bm     G   D
He's a little withdrawn
        A               Bm       G            D
He just moved here from Texas or Nashville or Mars
         A           Bm     G   D
He'll be gone before long
        A             Bm     G   D
So he's not worth the trouble
       A       Bm     G   D
He's a novelty when
        A              Bm     G   D
all the cliques are connected
     A        Bm     A   G
The ephemeral friend


     G                                  A
It's like a game of hide and seek, They count to ten and look for me
    Bm                                   D
but it's been twenty years and I'm still crouched behind the couch and think
     G                                  A
That I'd be different had I known that birthday cakes and milestones
         Bm                               D
wouldn't mark my progress growing up like years of eating lunch alone
    G                      A
The childhood I had, an outsider in my head
  F#                              G            A
I ask myself: without it, would I be the Bug I am?
          Bm     G  D
Again and Again

A Bm G D A

     G
It's like a game of hide and seek
    A
but it's my turn to search and, see,
  Bm
I still know all the hiding spots
   D
to check to find the lost and thank
    G                      F#
The childhood I had, an outsider in my head
           Bm
but never again