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Key: Eb
Intro:
Bb Eb Ab F
Verse 1:
Bb
This is not the land I loved once
Eb
These are not the ones I knew
Ab
Hugs and smiles used to greet us
F
Singing hymns and laughing too
Chorus:
Bb
I said I
Eb
Mmmm
Bb
Yeah I said I
Eb
Oooh oooh
Verse 2:
Bb
At the park they're throwing bread crumbs
Eb
And kids were playing in the street
Ab
Different gods but still believing
F
We had reasons to believe
Verse 3:
Bb
They had the slip 'n slide out on the front lawn
Eb
A Sunday nap or maybe two
Ab
Tell a person Merry Christmas
F
And they say it back to you
Chorus:
Bb
Now I'm
Eb
Just thinking about life
Bb Eb
I said I'm thinking about you
Ab
Oh my darling boy
F
What are we gonna do
Verse 4:
Bb
Those were the nights where you held hands while you
Eb
Walked through Hollywood
Ab
Smiling across the genre stacks
F
Thinkin' this one she sure looks good
Verse 5:
Bb
Lazy summer days and winter school days that
Eb
Just don't ever seem to end
Ab
Had to play with your dumb brother cuz
F
You couldn't text a friend
Verse 6:
Bb
Didn't use to live together
Eb
And our anthem made us smile
Ab
Local stores might close till Monday
F
Wedding nights still took a while
Chorus:
Bb Eb
I said I'm thinking about life
Bb Eb
I said I'm thinking about you
Ab
Oh your little hands and smile
F
Oh what we gonna do
Ab F
Oh your mama and me son we just love you
Verse 7:
Bb
Tried to fight it on my own
Eb
Tried to fight it with a crowd
Ab
Had some noble moments
F
But I finally got beat down
Bb
Time is like a tidal swell that floods you
Eb
My boy in the past
Ab
How come all the good times go yeah
F
But bad ones seem to last
Bb
I see the people on the freeway searching like it's
Eb
All on their phone
Ab
Face all leanin' 'n a window just thinking
F
Oh God am I all alone
Bb
Wish all war and death and famine
In this world wasn't
Eb
All just clicks away
Ab F
Wish you didn't have to look back in 30 years like your mom and dad do today
Chorus:
Bb
I said I
Eb
I'm thinking about life
Bb
I said I
Eb
I'm thinking about you
Ab F
Oh my darling boy what we gonna do
Ab F
Oh your mama and me son we just love you
Bb
Just love you
Verse 8:
Bb
Little hands little toes little hearts and little minds
Eb
And all the words and all the dreams and all the ways that we've tried
Ab
And all the hugs and long nights and all the memories we're fryin'
F
And all the wisdom of the ages ah we're lettin' 'em die
Verse 9:
Bb
And all the choices all the voices all the beauty that they need
Eb
And the mountains and beaches it's our family
Ab
And the desert sky and the fields and the streams
F
And the lessons of life and of you and of me
Chorus:
Bb Eb
I, I'm just thinking about life
Bb Eb
I said I'm thinking about you
Ab F
Oh my darling boy what we gonna do
Ab F
Oh my darling Bryce boy I love you
Outro:
Bb
Thinking about life
Eb
And I love you
Bb
I'm thinking about you
Eb
Oh my Bryc-ee boy now
Ab F
What we gonna do
Bb
I still love you
Eb
Still love you
Bb
Still love you
Eb Bb
Song History
Published: November 19, 2025
Last Updated: November 19, 2025