Песня о парне, который ведёт себя как подросток — срывает свидания глупыми выходками и звонит по телефону доверия, потому что никак не может повзрослеть.
C G
I took her out
D Em
It was a Friday night
C G
I wore cologne
D Em
To get the feeling right
C G
We started making out
D Em
And she took off my pants
C G D
But then I turned on the TV
Chorus 1:
C G D
And that's about the time she walked away from me
Em C G D
Nobody likes you when you're twenty-three
Em C G D
And are still more amused by tv shows
Em C
What the hell is ADD?
G D
My friends say I should act my age
Em
What's my age again?
D C
What's my age again?
C G
Then later on
D Em
On the drive home
C G
I called her mom
D Em
From a payphone
C G
I said I was the cops
D Em
And your husband's in jail
C G D
The state looks down on sodomy
Chorus 2:
C G D
And that's about the time that bitch hung up on me
Em C G D
Nobody likes you when you're twenty-three
Em C G D
And are still more amused by prank phone calls
Em C
What the hell is call ID?
G D
My friends say I should act my age
Em
What's my age again?
D Em
What's my age again?
Solo: Em D C D }x4
Chorus 3:
D G D
And that's about the time she walked away from me
Em C G D
Nobody likes you when you're twenty-three
Em C G D
And you still act like you're in freshman year
Em C
What the hell is wrong with me?
G D
My friends say I should act my age
Em
What's my age again?
G D
And that's about the time that she broke up with me
Em C G D
Noone should take themselves so seriously
Em C G D
With many years ahead to fall in line
Em C
Why would you wish that on me?
G D
I never wanna act my age
Em
What's my age again?
D
What's my age again?
Solo: G D Em C }x3
G D Em D C
What's my age again?
Знаете ли вы, что...
- Изначально песня называлась «Peter Pan Complex», но лейбл MCA Records заставил группу сменить название, сочтя его слишком заумным. Это первый сингл Blink-182 с барабанщиком Трэвисом Баркером. В знаменитом клипе участники группы бегают голышом по Лос-Анджелесу — они действительно бежали по улицам в одних кроссовках.