And it always seems those little things they take the biggest part of me.
Little Things is an autobiographical song. Joel and Benji admit to many things in the song including free lunch tickets, being insulted by the baseball team, and problems with their parents, epecially their father's departure.
Joel in fact had slight problems with the personal lyrics. "After we wrote the song and I really looked at it, I was, like, 'Whoa. This all sounds pretty bad.' . . . The part about my mom, the part about my dad--that's where it's really sensitive because it's not me anymore, it's someone else."
Lyrics
(yea this song is dedicated to every kid
who ever got picked last in gym class...
THIS IS FOR U. to every kid had never had
date to no school dance... THIS IS FOR U.
to everyone who's ever been called a freak..
THIS IS FOR U. here we.. WHAT.. HERE WE GOOO)
OoooOoo OoooOoo OoooOoo OoooOoo (where my people at- here we go)
like the time in school when we got free lunch
and the cool kids beat us up. (reduced lunch)
and the rich kids had convertibles, and we had to ride the bus. (55)
like the time we made the baseball team and they
still laughed at us. (you still suck)like the time that girl broke
up with me cuz i wasn't cool enough (TRICK).
THAaaANks THAaaANks... HERE WE GOOOO
CHORUS:the little things, the litte things
they always hang around
the little things, little things
they try to break me down
the little things, little things
they just won't go away
the little things, little things
make who i am today (GO)
you wanna hate me now
but i won't stop now, cuz i can't stop now
(WHHATT UH here we go)
like the time mom went to that institute,
cuz she was breaking down. (I just can't take it)like the car we
had that wouldn't start, we had to walk to
get around (can i get a ride?). and that same
year on christmas eve, dad went to the store.
we checked his room. (uh, see you guys later) his things were gone. we
didn't see him no more (DICK).
THAaaANks THAaaNks... HERE WE GOOOO
CHORUS
LITTLE THINGS, LITTLE THINGS, LITTLE THINGS,
LITTLE THINGS....
OoooOoo OoooOoo OoooOoo OoooOoo (here we go)
and it always seems those little things
they take the biggest part of me..
it always seems those little things
they take the biggest part of me..
it always seems those little things
they take the biggest part of me..
and i know that those little things,
they make the biggest part of me
break down... i'm breakin down.
break down. gotta maintain.