I Go Back

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

Suddenly this crazy world made more sense to me

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

'Cause every time I hear that song

And I go back to a two-toned, short bed Chevy

Driving my first love out to the levee

Living life with no sense of time

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

A blanket, a girl, some raspberry wine

Wishing time would stop right in its tracks

Every time I hear that song

I go back, I go back

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

At frat parties, college bars, just trying to impress the ladies

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

'Cause every time I hear that song

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

And the taste of salt on a Carolina shore

After graduation and drinking goodbye to friends

And I go back to watching summer fade to fall

Growing up too fast and I do recall

Wishing time would stop right in its tracks

Every time I hear that song

I go back, I go back

We all have a song that somehow stamped our lives

Takes us to another place and time

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

Singing 'bout God, 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've shared with him

Now 'Only The Good Die Young' stops me in my tracks

Every time I hear that song

I'll go back, I'll go back

To the feel of a fifty yard line, a blanket, a girl, some raspberry wine

I go back (I go back)

To watching summer fade to fall, growing up too fast and I do recall

I go back (I go back)

To the loss of a real good friend, and the sixteen summers I shared with him

I go back, I go back, I go back