I Go Back (Live)

Here we go

So are we having a good time so far?

Tonight before I came on stage

I had the opportunity to sit and visit

With a lot of people that I consider family here

One of them being my friend Robert Craft, who told me

Who told me that music and sports bring people together

Like nothing else in the world that we have

And I sincerely believe that

I believe music is the most powerful thing we have

Goodnight, everybody, I wanna thank you

Because tonight is the fifteenth time we have played

The home of the New England Patriots

Thank you

And that is powerful, it's because you care about the songs, the music

I want connection, right?

So with that I love you and this is a song that I wrote about what

Stamped my life as a kid

Growing up in East Tennessee, so if you know the words

Feel free to come along with me, alright?

Jack and Diane painted a picture of my life and my dreams

Suddenly this crazy world made more sense to me

I heard it today and I couldn't help but sing along

'Cause everytime I hear that song

And I go back to a two toned short bed Chevy

Drivin' my first love out to the levy

Livin' life with no sense of time

And I go back to the feel of a fifty yard line

A blanket, a girl, and some raspberry wine

Wishin' time would stop right in it's track

Every time I hear that song, what do we do?

I go back

Well, I go back, yes we do, thank you

Well, I used to rock all night long to Keep On Rockin' Me Baby

Frat parties, college bars, just tryin' to impress the ladies

I heard it today and I couldn't help but sing along

'Cause everytime I hear that song

And I go back to the smell of an old gym floor

The taste of salt on the Carolina shore

After graduation and drinkin' goodbye to friends

And I go back to watching summer fade to fall

Growing up too fast and I do recall

Wishin' time would stop right in it's track

Everytime I hear that song

I go back

Well, I go back

We all have a song that somehow stamped our life

Takes us to another place and time

So I go back to a pew, preacher, and choir

Singin' 'bout God and brimstone and fire

And the smell of Sunday chicken after church

And I go back to the loss of a real good friend

And the sixteen summers I shared with him

Now Only The Good Die Young stops me in my track

Everytime I hear that song

I go back

I go back

To the feel of a fifty yard line

A blanket, a girl, some raspberry wine

I go back

To watchin' summer fade to fall

Growing up too fast and I do recall

Well, I go back

To the loss of a real good friend

And the sixteen summers I shared with him

I go back, up top

I go back

I go back

We're starting to feel the Holy Spirit in here now

Where you at?