[Verse 1]
We were kids we played with matches
While we grew up we started bands
Yeah we skipped school but played the dances
And well, we started making fans...
We blew off college
Toured the country in a van

[Pre-Chorus 1]
Now sometimes at the grocery store
The people say they knew me back when

[Chorus 1]
We were teenage rockstars
Made our hometown proud
When we were teenage rockstars
We taught ourselves to play
And we played loud

[Verse 2]
We signed a deal and made some records
Sold out shows and married young
The money came, we started fighting
We partied hard and had our fun
We blew off deadlines
And forgot to call our friends
[Pre-Chorus 2]
Now sometimes at the shopping mall
The people say they knew me back when

[Chorus 2]
We were teenage rockstars
Made our fathers proud
When we were teenage rockstars
We taught ourselves to play
And we played loud

[Verse 3]
And now I sit at this piano
I watch my daughter in the yard
I think about those days in high school
My best friend playing his guitar
In my parent's living room where all of this began

[Pre-Chorus 3]
And when I leave the shows these days
The people say they knew me back when

[Chorus 3]
We were teenage rockstars
So young and so strung out
When we were teenage rockstars
We taught ourselves to play
We took the stage, and we played loud