[Intro]
    
 
            
It was 1989, m

              
y thoughts wer

  
e short my hai

r was long
             
Caught somewhe

             
re between a b

       
oy and man
            
She was 17 and

         
 she was far f

rom in between
             
It was summert

             
ime in Norther

  
n Michigan
 
[Interlude]
    
 
             
Splashin' thru

             
 the sandbar, 

     
talkin' by the

 campfire
             
It's the simpl

             
e things in li

              
fe like when a

     
nd where
             
We didn't have

             
 no internet, 

    
but man I neve

r will forget
             
The way the mo

             
onlight shined

          
 upon her hair
 
[Chorus]
             
And we were tr

              
yin' different

             
 things and we

      
 were smokin' 

funny things
             
Makin' love ou

             
t by the lake 

              
to our favorit

  
e songs
             
Sippin' whisky

             
 out the bottl

      
e not thinkin'

 'bout tomorro

w
             
Singin' sweet 

             
home alabama a

                   
ll summer long
             
Singin' sweet 

             
home alabama a

   
ll summer long
 
             
Catchin' walle

             
ye from the do

            
ck watchin' wa

ves roll off t

he rocks
             
She'll forever

             
 hold a spot i

          
nside my soul
             
We'd blister i

             
n the sun we c

        
ouldn't wait f

or night to co

me
             
To hit that sa

             
ndy place of r

       
ock 'n roll
 
[Chorus]
             
And we were tr

              
yin' different

             
 things and we

      
 were smokin' 

funny things
             
Makin' love ou

             
t by the lake 

              
to our favorit

  
e songs
             
Sippin' whisky

             
 out the bottl

      
e not thinkin'

 'bout tomorro

w
             
Singin' sweet 

             
home alabama a

                   
ll summer long
             
Singin' sweet 

             
home alabama a

   
ll summer long
 
             
Now nothin' se

             
ems as strange

             
 as when the l

eaves began to

 change
             
Oh how we thou

             
ght those days

             
 would never e

nd
             
Sometimes I he

             
ar that song a

        
nd I'll start 

to sing along
             
And think man 

             
I'd like to se

              
e that girl ag


ain

[Chorus 2]
             
And we were tr

              
yin' different

             
 things and we

      
 were smokin' 

funny things
             
Makin' love ou

             
t by the lake 

              
to our favorit

  
e songs
             
Sippin' whisky

             
 out the bottl

      
e not thinkin'

 'bout tomorro

w
             
Singin' sweet 

             
home alabama a

                   
ll summer long
             
Singin' sweet 

             
home alabama a

   
ll summer long
 
[Outro]