G C D Em 1. I retur ned to my home town yesterday C G D and my life bef ore my eye s came flashing ba ck G C D Em Everything was changed and the faces look so strange C G D sometimes I wish that I was young ag ain CHORUS Em C G D And if I cl ose my eyes t hink on back to happy times Em C G D I could be 16 ye ars old for awhile Em C G D Honest friendships, h igh school dances inn ocence short romances Em C G D Life was simp le but it s ure was good someh ow 2. Then we drove to an old beach last night a place we used to go not long ago Walking barefoot in the sand I saw to people holding hands Falling in love for their first time CHORUS 3. 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 apart I am along the way CHORUS twice