I returned to my home town yesterday and my life before my eyes came flashing back Everything was changed and the faces look so strange sometimes I wish that I was young again CHORUS And if I close my eyes think on back to happy times I could be 16 years old for awhile Honest friendships, high school dances innocence short romances Life was simple but it sure was good somehow Then we drove to an old beach last night a place we used to go not long ago Walking barefoot in the sand I saw to people holding hands Falling in love for their first time CHORUS Now I'm older I guess a little wiser experience is added to my name But I can't help but feel that I traded apart Who I am along the way CHORUS twice