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I returned to my hometown yesterday,
And my life before my eyes came flashing back;
Everything was changed and the faces looked so strange,
Sometimes I wish that I was young again.
If I close my eyes, think on back to happy times,
I can be sixteen years old for awhile;
Honest friendships, high school dances, innocence, short romances,
Life was simple but it sure was good somehow.
Then we drove to an old beach last night,
A place we used to go not long ago;
Walkin' barefoot in the sand,
I saw two people holding hands,
Fallin' in love for their first time.
And if I close my eyes, think on back to happy times,
I can be sixteen years old for awhile;
Honest friendships, high school dances, innocence, short romances,
Life was simple but it sure was good somehow.
Now I'm older, I guess, a little wiser,
Experience is added to my name;
But I can't help but feel
That I traded a part
Of who I am along the way.
Then I close my eyes, think on back to happy times,
I can be sixteen years old for awhile;
Honest friendships, high school dances, innocence, short romances,
Life was simple but it sure was good somehow.
When I close my eyes, think on back to happy times,
It sure feels good to be sixteen for awhile;
Honest friendships, high school dances, innocence, short romances,
Life was simple but it sure was good somehow.
Life was simple but it sure was good somehow.
Recorded by Sons Of Maxwell, Don and Dave Carroll (Sons Of Maxwell, trk#4, 1994); and (Bold Frontier, trk#5, 1995).
The YouTube video above features a recording of a variant by Celtic Connection (The Celtic Connection, trk#1, 2000, Avondale Music, St. John's, NL); and (Best Of - 10 Years Together, Avondale Music, St. John's, NL).
