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
I go back to a two
ton short bed Chevy
Drivin' my first love
out to the levvy
livin' 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
Wishin' time would
stop right in its tracks
Every time I hear
that song
I go ba.......ck
I go back
And I used to rock
all night long to
"Keep on rockin'
me baby"
Frat parties, college bars
just tryin' to impress
the ladies
But I heard it today
and I couldn't help
but sing along
'Cause every time
I hear that song
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
watchin' summer
fade to fall
growin' up too fast
and I do recall
Wishin' time would
stop right in its tracks
Every time I hear
that song
I go ba......ck
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
singin' 'bout God
a 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
l shared with him
now "Only the good
die young"
stops me in my tracks
Every time I hear
that song
I go ba......ck
I go ba......ck
To the feel of
a fifty yard line
a blanket, a girl
some raspberry wine
I go back
To watchin' summer
fade into fall
growin' up too fast
and I do recall
I go back
To the loss of
a real good friend
and the sixteen
summers I shared
with him
I go back
I go ba......ck
I go back