[Intro] (1, 2, 3, 4) Haha, are we recording? [Verse 1] I was Six years old, in kindergarten When my parents got divorced It was the first time i heard the "C" word Standing there on the porch And then we all went back inside We turned the radio way up high We were hoping for some better times Kurt Cobain said "Whatever, Nevermind" We would listen to the... I was Ten years old and I woke up for school and I made my bed Around the time Billy Corgan wore silver pants and he shaved his head Then, I heard them yell downstairs Not another morning with a fight down there I turned my radio up all the way And Billy said "Today's the greatest day" I think its safe to say [Hook] Alternative radio Saved my... Alternative radio Saved my... Alternative radio Saved my life [Verse 2] I was Twelve with a Weezer shirt And a girlfriend we were in love I mean, we never really spoke to one-another But we wrote each other notes and stuff (we didn't f**) After school she handed me one It said "We're done" and it broke my world On the school bus I heard a Weezer song It said "Goddamn you half Japanese girls" (She was't Japanese but still) Fifteen years old getting drunk at my home boy Zack B's We were quite f**ed up off Absolute Vodka and weed Listening to The Pixies Later on I was vomiting That's when his mom walked in I got grounded for quite a long time I would do little, hung over, where is my mind? But the... [Hook] [Verse 3] I was Twenty-Four years old when I had the offspring of my own I miss her when i'm out on tour Singing interstate love-songs So I call home on the phone she says "I miss you too" I said "Loving is what i got" I said "Remember that" It's a Bittersweet Symphony When you think of me But in a few days I will be back and we can listen to the... [Hook] [Verse 4][Played under the hook] I never quit getting lit like my own worst enemy Eddie Vedder-y flannels til I'm seventy And now i'm an aging fool, I played in school But rage and tool made me cool it saved my... [Hook]