Enquanto blink fazia uma pausa em 2002, DeLonge formou o Box Car Racer para experimentar e testar idéias que ele tinha mas não as colocava nas canções da antiga banda. Tom logo recrutou Travis Barker justificando, na época do hiato do blink, que o motivo era para não ter que pagar por um baterista de estúdio.
Pegando Barker do blink-182 e David Kennedy (amigo de infância de Tom), gravaram seu álbum homônimo Box Car Racer em 2002. No álbum Tom fez todo o trabalho do baixo, mas Anthony Celestino foi quem tocou em suas apresentações.
Quatro anos de trabalho duro!Neste mês de maio fizemos quatro anos no ar. Continuamos trabalhando na divulgação deste maravilhoso instrumento, obrigado por participar da nossa história!
B This vaction's useless F# These white pills are kind G#m I've given alot of thought E on this 13 hour drive B I miss the grinding concrete F# where we sat past 8 or 9 G#m And slowly finished laughing E in the glow of our headlights B I've given alot of thought to F# those nights we used to have G#m The days have come and gone E or lives went by so fast B I faintly remember breathing F# on your bedroom floor G#m where I layed and told you E but you swore you loved me more
[Chorus 1]
B Do you care if I don't F# know what to say G#m Will you sleep tonight? F# Will you think of me? B Will i shake this off F# pretend it's all OK? G#m That there someone out F# there who feels just like me? There is
[Interlude] BF#EF#F#/Bb
[Verse 2]
B Those notes you write me F# I've kept them all G#m I've given alot of thought how E to write you back next fall B With every single letter F# and every single word G#m There will be a hidden message E about a boy that loves a girl
[Chorus 1]
B Do you care if I don't F# know what to say G#m Will you sleep tonight? F# Will you think of me? B Will i shake this off F# pretend it's all OK? G#m That there someone out F# there who feels just like me? There is
[Interlude]
EbmEBEG#mEBF#
[Chorus 1]
B Do you care if I don't F# know what to say G#m Will you sleep tonight? F# Will you think of me? B Will i shake this off F# pretend it's all OK? G#m That there someone out F# there who feels just like me? There is
[Chorus 2]
B/Eb Do you care if I don't F# know what to say G#m Will you sleep tonight? F# Will you think of me? B/Eb Will i shake this off F# pretend it's all OK? G#m That there someone out F# there who feels just B(hold) like me? There is