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[Verse 1]
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I was thinking’ bout long ago, those summer nights I loved so
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Take a walk on down the block just to see who’s hangin’ round
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My sister would tag along with her radio and we’d sing a song
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Like the radio, I was hoping’ those summer nights would never end


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 Oh but they do, yes they do
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 They say you can never go back home, and I believe it’s true
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But I drift away like Dobie Gray
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Back in the day
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Back in the day


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[Verse 2]
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Sometimes I reminisce ‘bout the last day of middle school and my first kiss
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Sweet Jane in a halter top and tight bell bottom jeans
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I took a chance, slow dance, in my puka shells and my painter’s pants
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A record was playin’, Elton was saying goodbye to the yellow brick road


[Chorus]
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 Oh how it goes and goes
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 They say you can never go back home, and they’re not wrong
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But she’s killing me softly with her song
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From back in the day


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[Verse 3]
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I was thinking’ bout long ago, those summer nights I loved so
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I went to a party and everybody came with their 33 records and their 8 track tapes
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Me and Mrs Jones, Delta Dawn, Benny and the Jets and Major Tom
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Bad Bad Leroy Brown, Superfly and Frankenstion
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Reelin’ in the Years, Dancing’ in the Moonlight, Monster Mash and The Crocodile Rock
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Let’s Get it On, Behind Closed Doos, Love me Like a Rock Touch me in the morning
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Papa Was a Rolling Stone, You’re so Vain, It Never rains in Southern California
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Rocky Mountain High, Come On and Take a Free Ride, Shambala on the Cover of the Rolling Stone


[Chorus]
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 Oh how they go and go
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 I know I can never go back to “73
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But when I hear those songs, I wanna be
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Back in the day


[Outro]
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Back in the day
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