D
Catching butterflies, line drives, watching tv
D                                                         G
I had seven good years til I noticed they were looking at me
G                        D
I didn't like what they see


[Verse 2]

D
Trapped in the back seat, stay on your side
D                                           G
My hand out the window feeling the air rush by
G                 D
While my parents fight


[Chorus]

G          Em      G              Em
Where did you go? Did I make you leave?
G                     Em
Another thing I didn't know
G            Em                 D
Nobody ever believes. They just leave, they just leave
             G
And they'll see you on their own sweet time
          D
They just leave


[Verse 3]

D
I didn't leave my room til I learned how to drive
D                                                   G
I was sweet seventeen, fighting with the back of my mind
G                     D
Til the wheel was all mine


[Chorus]

G          Em      G              Em
Free to go, but still to young to leave
G                     Em
Old enough to think I know
G            Em                 D
That nobody ever believes, they just leave, they just leave
           G                D
They just leave, they just leave


[Verse 4]

D
My plane landed, I'm alive
D                                                           G
I'm not fighting with the things I never thought I'd do to survive
G                  D
Now we've finally arrived


[Chorus]

G          Em      G              Em
Now I know, more than I've ever believed
G                     Em
You could never let me know
G                     Em
You were just as young as me
G                     Em
You had to leave, you had to leave
G                     Em
You had to leave, your had to leave....