You've got your whole life to lead Wave goodbye to the past It's pulling you under It's not the first time, and they're getting deeper More and more your demeanor looks like quicksand It seems like your giving up, giving up on everything you worked for

When I was young Pain more painful Laughter much louder Yeah, when I was young The rooms were so much colder then My father was a soldier then And times were very hard I smoked my first cigarette at ten And for girls, I had a bad yen

I see a dust trail following an old red Nova Baby blue eyes, your head on my shoulder You don't look a day over fast cars and freedom That sunset river bank first time feeling Wait, baby, don't move, right there it is T-shirt hanging off a dogwood branch

We were fast car, top down, George Straight singin' bare feet, Slow dance long hair swingin' Under the neon sky, just watching the world go by We were laying by the river when the moon started drippin', Finally figured out what a boy been missin' Sinkin'

Remember when Remember when I was young and so were you And time stood still and love was all we knew You were the first, so was I We made love and then you cried Remember when we vowed the vows and walked the walk Gave our hearts, made the start, it was

You hit me like first time high, my love You hit me like, ooh Love make it higher Oooh, oooh, oooh It was love But this time I'm giving up This time I'm quittin' ya After school at the parking lot At the party after been taking some shots

When I was small, and Christmas trees were tall Don't ask me why, but time has passed us by Some one else moved in from far away Now we are tall, and Christmas trees are small And you don't ask the time of day But you and I, our love will never die But

I flee the scene like it was my last ride You see right through Oh, you had me pegged the first time You can't see the truth But it's easier to justify What's bad is good And I hate to be the bad guy I just hate to be the bad guy It's like I'm in the

Oh darling, I know what you're going through. The last time you came through, Does your husband know? Does he know? Does your husband know the way that The sunshine gleams from your wedding band? Of the crickets that would convince me to call it a night?

That's how you know, I'm thinkin' of you I'm thinkin of you, that's all I do all the time You're always the first and the last thing on this heart of mine No matter where I go or what I do, I'm thinkin' of you. When I'm all alone or in a crowd In a quiet