Take me back to my southern ways Where I can be myself and live another day Where the tall pines blow and the southern winds kiss my face When I was 15 I dreamed of leaving my home I had to see the world And live like a rolling stone I heard California

(We were young and wild) You’re always in my heart You’re always where I am Oh, you made me feel so alive When I look back I just smile We were young and wild I’ll be coming back again (I remember, I remember back in the day)

(We were young and wild) You’re always in my heart You’re always where I am Oh, you made me feel so alive When I look back I just smile We were young and wild I’ll be coming back again (I remember, I remember back in the day)

Full of things to look back on Don't forget the little moments They're the ones that mean the most When the way home seems so far away Take 'em out and hold them close And take a picture with your father 'Cause one day he'll be gone And don't forget to

Some rules I cannot break The ghost is supposed to love Then why do I feel pain 'Cause nothing is for keeps You just can't hold a cloud The shape will always change Then one day come back down You showed me when you came Night falls on us either way

Whoa, whoa, whoa, who knows Forty days, forty nights What the thunder and lightning will bring Maybe the storm will cover my dreams Maybe the sun will shine no more Which way the wind is blowing And when we look back on these things We won't cry no more

Yea, those will be the days that I will be missing When I’m old and when I’m gray and when I stop working I hope that I can say When all my days are done That I had my fun We never had that much to do So we just lay around in someone’s house Someday I’ll

I know there's a way Before the awful sound Started coming down It's an awful sound We can make 'em pay Think it over and say (I'm never going back again) We can leave today When you hit the ground You and I were born

Because you wouldn't understand Back in the day Well that was back in the day And if you weren't there It doesn't matter anyway Oh, oh-oh, oh, oh-oh Where were you when it happened? Where could you be found?

Let's take time to fall in love again (Take time to fall in love again) Let's get away and start over Smoke a J by the waves while we sip on some ice cold Corona Let's take it back in the day to when we first knew it was over Darlin', pack a suitcase