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Looking back now well it makes me laugh
We were growin' our hair, we were cuttin' class
Knew it all already, there was nothing to learn
We were strikin' matches just to watch 'em burn

Listened to our music just a little too loud
We were hangin' in there with the outcast crowd
Headin' to the rapids with some discount beer
It was a long train trussle but we had no fear

Man I don't know where the time goes
But it sure goes fast just like that

We were wanna be rebels who didn't have a clue
in our rock n' roll t-shirts and our typically bad attitudes
Had no excuses for the things that we'd done
We were brave, we were crazy, we were mostly
Young

Talked a good game when we were out with the guys
but in the back seat we were awkward and shy
Girls were a mystery that we couldn't explain
and I guess there are some things that are never gonna change

Man I don't know where the time goes
But it sure goes fast just like that

We were wanna be rebels who didn't have a clue
in our rock n' roll t-shirts and our typically bad attitudes
Had no excuses for the things that we'd done
We were brave, we were crazy, we were mostly
Young

Young
Young
Yeah wishin' we were older
Young
Hey I wish it wasn't over

Man I don't know where the time goes
But it sure goes fast just like that

We were wanna be rebels who didn't have a clue
in our rock n' roll t-shirts and our typically bad attitudes
Had no excuses for the things that we'd done
We were brave, we were crazy, we were mostly
Young

Young
Hey wishin' we were older
Wish it wasn't over

Sittin' here alone
Thoughts of you run wild
I'm longin' for your touch
Haunted by your smile
No use in tryin' to erase
No one could ever take your place

Well I remember how it use to feel
back when our love was strong and real
And I remember tears in your eyes
as I looked at you and said goodbye
All I want right now is to forget
Every single thing that I regret
And drown out these embers
But I remember

It's yesterday again
here inside my mind
and I can't find a way
to leave your love behind
I wanna wake up to the day
Your memory won't stand in my way

Well I remember how it use to feel
back when our love was strong and real
And I remember tears in your eyes
as I looked at you and said goodbye
All I want right now is to forget
Every single thing that I regret
And drown out these embers
But I remember

Well I wanna wake up to the day
Your memory won't stand in my way

Well I remember how it use to feel
back when our love was strong and real
And I remember tears in your eyes
as I looked at you and said goodbye
All I want right now is to forget
Every single thing that I regret
And drown out these embers
But I remember

And I remember
Oh I remember ya baby
All of you my baby

I'd of spent a lot more time in the pouring rain
without an umbrella coverin' my head
And I'd have stood up to that bully when he pushed and called me names
but I was too afraid
And I'd have gone on and saw Elvis that night he came to town
but momma said I couldn't
And I'd have went skinny dippin' with Jenny Carson
that time she dared me to
but I didn't
Oh I, I'd done a lot of things different

I wish I'd have spent more time with my dad when he was alive
Now I don't have the chance
And I wish I had told my brother how much I loved him before he went off to war
but I just shook his hand
I wish I'd had gone to church on Sunday morning when my grandma begged me to
but I was afraid of God
And I wish I'd have listened when they said boy you're gonna wish you hadn't
but I wouldn't
Oh I, I'd done a lot of things different

People say they wouldn't change a thing
even if they could
Oh but I would

There was this red dress she wanted one time so bad she could taste it
I should of bought it
but I didn't
She wanted to paint our bedroom yellow and trim it in blues and greens
but I wouldn't let her
It wouldn't have hurt nothin'
She loved to be held and kissed and touched
But I didn't do it, not nearly enough
And if I'd a known that dance was gonna be our last dance
I'd of asked that band to play on and on, on and on
Oh I, I'd done a lot of things different

People say they wouldn't change a thing
even if they could
Oh but I would

Oh I, I'd done a lot of things different
Oh I, I'd done a lot of things ...
I think we'd all do a lot of things different

Well me and my lady had our first big fight
so I drove around till I saw the neon lights
at a corner bar
It just seemed right so I pulled up
Not a soul around but the old barkeep
down at the end and lookin' half asleep
He walked up and said What'll it be?
I said the good stuff

He didn't reach around for the whiskey
He didn't pour me a beer
His blue eyes kind of went misty
He said you can't find that here

'Cause its the first long kiss on a second date
Momma's all worried when you get home late
And droppin' the ring in the spaghetti plate
'cause your hands are shakin' so much
It's the way that she looks with the rice in her hair
Eatin' burnt suppers the whole first year
and askin' for seconds to keep her from tearin' up
Yeah man that's the good stuff

He grabbed a carton of milk and he poured a glass
I smiled and said I'll have some of tha
We sat there and talked as an hour passed
like old friends
Saw a black and white picture and he caught my stare
It was a pretty girl with bouffant hair
He said that's my Bonnie, taken 'bout a year after we wed
He said I spent 5 years in the bottle when the cancer took her from me
But I've been sober 3 years now
'cause the one thing stronger than the whiskey

Was the sight of her holdin' my baby girl
The way she adored that string of pearls
I gave her the day that our youngest boy Earl
married his high school love
It's a new t-shirt saying I'm a grandpa
Being right there as our time got small
And holdin' her hand when the good Lord called her up
Yeah man that's the good stuff

He said when you get home she'll start to cry
When she says I'm sorry say so am I'
Then look into those eyes so deep in love
and drink it up
'Cause that's the good stuff
That's the good stuff

She was aware of her insecurities as she took the stage
She was convinced if she got up there that she would be discovered someday
so she belted it
She hit the high notes fearlessly
Oh she melted them as she brought them to their feet

She was a big star at Banana Joe's bar
Where she sang karaoke every night
She said if you work hard to get where you are
it feels good in the hotspot light
She was a big star

She made the local cable shows where the camera fell in love with her face
After a couple of weekends the groupies were crawling all over the place
She signed autographs like she was Garth Brooks in a skirt
and in the aftermath that small time town was hers

She was a big star at Banana Joe's bar
Where she sang karaoke every night
She said if you work hard to get where you are
it feels good in the hotspot light
She was a big star

She doesn't care anymore that her high school girlfriends cut her down
They only thought she entertains is where they are and where she is now

Her old neighbors swear their certain she slept her way to the top
But she knows you don't get where you're going unless you've got something they ain't got

So she sings tonight to 20,000 plus
And the young girls scream out loud
Man that could be us

She's a big star as she eats caviar
Just before she performs every night
She says if you work hard to get where you are
it feels good in the hot spot light
She's a big star
She's a big star

Knew I could never hold that girl
She was born to see the world
All I got is a picture she mailed me
Barefoot in the snow white sand
A bag of sea shells in her hand
She finally found a paradise it seems

On the coast of somewhere beautiful
Trade winds blowin' through her hair
Sunlight dancin' on the water
Oh I wish I was there
Don't know how I'm gonna to find her
All I know so far
she's on the coast of somewhere beautiful
runnin' with my heart

Sometimes when the sun goes down
Shadows fall across this little town
And I close my eyes and I drift away
to another place in another time
when the world was ours and she was mine
I dream of holdin' her again someday

On the coast of somewhere beautiful
Trade winds blowin' through her hair
Sunlight dancin' on the water
Oh I wish I was there
Don't know how I'm gonna to find her
All I know so far
she's on the coast of somewhere beautiful
runnin' with my heart

Don't know how I'm gonna to find her
All I know so far
she's on the coast of somewhere beautiful
runnin' with my heart

Oh she's runnin' with my heart
On the coast of somewhere beautiful

Friday night butterflies
like clockwork they'd arrive
A little chill in the October sky
Nervous till the kickoff came
Four quarters win or lose
Spent Saturdays black and blue
but it was what I loved to do
and it was more than just a game

It was my life and it was fun
Another season of my life is done
Another race I'm glad I got to run
Another chapter in my life is over

No I'm never gonna feel like that again
Time's rushin' by me like the wind
Never be as young as I was then
No I'm never gonna feel like that again

Practice dancin' in my garage
Two left feet and a white corsage
Daddy let me borrow the Dodge
Said don't bring her home on empty
Swung by and picked up Cindy Lou
Took her to the prom for a dance or two
Then we drove down to the water blue
And that's where she kissed me

It was my life and it was fun
Another season of my life is done
Another race i'm glad I got to run
Another chapter of my life its over

No i'm never gonna feel like that again
Times rushin by me like the wind
Never be as young as I was then
no i'm never gonna feel like that again

I got a call one July day
Cindy Lou was in that way
I had a big decision to make
and I couldn't take it lightly
At first I thought of leavin' town
but I couldn't let our families down
Now I'm out here throwin' this ball around
with a boy that looks just likes me

It's my life and it's sure fun
Another season of my life's begun
Another race I'm glad I get to run
Another chapter of my life I'm writin'

No I'm never gonna feel like this again
Time's rushin' by me like the wind
Got to grab each moment that I can
'Cause I'm never gonna feel like this again
No I'm never gonna feel like this again
No I'm never gonna feel like this again

She says most men her age want younger women
She thinks her self esteem's not quite itself any more
But she sees herself as more than what the mirror shows
Why that's so important heaven only knows
When the important part is souls and hearts and ...

Dreams of sharin' a life and a home
Dreams of never ever bein' alone again
Dreams
Not even diamonds just a little gold
Someone there to hold her hand when she gets old.
Dreams
The kind you know will never end
Forever lovers and forever friends
Someone really there to love and care and share
Dreams

She swears she won't divorce a third time
She swears the more she knows about love the harder it is to find
Her perfect picture of her white horse prince
is now dependability and common sense
Someone kind and brave
Someone not afraid of ...

Dreams of sharin' a life and a home
Dreams of never ever bein' alone again
Dreams
Not even diamonds just a little gold
Someone there to hold her hand when she gets old.
Dreams
The kind you know will never end
Forever lovers and forever friends
Someone really there to love and care and share
Dreams

Oh dreams
The kind you know will never end
Forever lovers and forever friends
Someone really there to love and care and share
Dreams

She says most men her age want younger women ...

I've been up to my neck workin' 6 days a week
Wearin' holes in the soles of the shoes on my feet
Been dreamin' of gettin' away since I don't know
Ain't no better time than now for Mexico

No shoes, no shirt, no problems
Blues what blues, hey I forgot 'em
The sun and the sand and a drink in my hand
with no bottom
No shoes, no shirt, no problems
No problems

Want a towel on a chair in the sand by the sea
Want to look through my shades and see you there with me
Want to soak up life for a while in laid back mode
No boss, no clock, no stress, no dress code

No shoes, no shirt, no problems
Blues what blues, hey I forgot 'em
The sun and the sand and a drink in my hand
with no bottom
No shoes, no shirt, no problems
No problems

Babe lets get packed
Tank tops and flip flops if you got 'em
No shoes, no shirt, no problems
No problems

Saw him sittin' on a sidewalk in Fresno
Braided hair and a tie-dyed t-shirt on
Talkin' to himself about Vietnam
About the tour he did and the deal he got
He said this world ain't the same if you ask me
If I could be somewhere else I tell you where I'd be

I'd be rollin' on a river with Credence
Stealin' kisses from Peggy Sue
I'd be knee-deep in sand on Panama beach
in the spring of '72
I'd be wastin' away on the dock of the bay
Watchin' the tide roll in
He said what I wouldn't give just to live those songs again

Saw him workin' the counter at Walgreen's
With a new haircut and a bachelor's degree
Talkin' to himself about his raw deal
Cussin' Uncle Sam and the GI bill
He said this world ain't the same if you ask me
If I could be somewhere else I tell you where I'd be

I'd be rollin' on a river with Credence
Stealin' kisses from Peggy Sue
I'd be knee-deep in sand on Panama beach
in the spring of '72
I'd be wastin' away on the dock of the bay
Watchin' the tide roll in
He said what I wouldn't give just to live those songs again

He said this world ain't the same if you ask me
If I could be somewhere else, I tell you where I'd be

I'd be rollin' on a river with Credence
Stealin' kisses from Peggy Sue
I'd be knee-deep in sand on Panama beach
in the spring of '72
I'd be wastin' away on the dock of the bay
Watchin' the tide roll in
He said what I wouldn't give just to live those songs again

Woke up this mornin' the house was cold
Checked the furnace she wasn't burnin'
Went out and hopped in my ol' Ford
Hit the engine but she ain't a turnin'
Given each other some hard lessons lately
But we aren't learnin'
Same sad story that's a fact
Once step up and two steps back

Bird on a wire outside my motel room
but he ain't singin'
Girl in white outside a church in June
but the church bells they ain't ringin'
Sittin' here in this bar tonight
and all I'm thinkin' is
I'm the same old story same old act
One step up and two steps back

It's the same thing I don't lie
Who's wrong and baby who's right
Another fight that I slam the door on
Another battle in our dirty little war
When I look at myself I don't see
the man I wanted to be
Somewhere along the line I slipped off track
Livin' one step up and two steps back

There's a girl across the bar
I get the message she's sendin'
Mmmm, she ain't lookin' too married
Well honestly I'm pretending
Last night I dreamed I held you in my arms
The music was never endin'
we danced as the evening sky faded to black
Movin' one step up and two steps back

It's the same thing I don't lie
Who's wrong and baby who's right
Another fight that I slam the door on
Another battle in our dirty little war
When I look at myself I don't see
the man I wanted to be
Somewhere along the line I slipped off track
Livin' one step up and two steps back

(one step up and two steps back)
one step up and two steps back
(one step up and two steps back)
One step up and two steps back
(one step up and two steps back)
one step up and two steps back

Oh, baby we're movin'

One step up and two steps back
One step up and two steps back
One step up and two steps back
Mmm, one step up and two steps back
(one step up and two steps back)
(one step up and two steps back)

You know that restaurant on Highway One
With the key lime pie, that song, the sand, and the sun
Where we ran in our bare feet
Built a castle on the beach
Just the wind, the rocks, the waves, and you and me

I can't go there
'Cause that's just too much us
I can't go there
I still feel your touch
There's places in my heart and head
that feel as empty as our bed
so most nights I don't even walk upstairs
'cause I can't go there

Remember San Francisco on that cable car
Our reflection in the window of that store
How we danced the night away
with the lights down on the bay
Then wound up in a blanket on the floor

I can't go there
'Cause Frisco's too much us
I can't go there
'Cause I still feel your touch
Now there's places in my heart and head
that still feel as empty as our bed
so most nights I don't even walk upstairs
'Cause I can't go there

If it was only Florida or California
maybe I could let myself move on
But it's everywhere we've been
and everywhere I turn
and I can't love again
Because I've learned

I can't go there
It's something I can't do
I can't go there
I run into you
I can't go there

When the sun shines
When it rains
Christmas parties
Football games
(I can't go there)
Winter, summer
fall or spring
I see you in everything

I can't go there
I can't go there