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1. It was 1989, my thoughts were short my hair was long
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   Caught somewhere between a boy and man
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   She was 17 and she was far from in between
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   It was summertime in Northern Michigan

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2. Splashin' thru the sandbar, talkin' by the campfire
   It's the simple things in life like when and where
   We didn't have no internet, but man I never will forget
   The way the moonlight shined upon her hair

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R: And we were tryin' different things and we were smokin' funny things
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   Makin' love out by the lake to our favorite songs
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   Sippin' whisky out the bottle not thinkin' 'bout tomorrow
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   Singin' sweet home alabama all summer long
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   Singin' sweet home alabama all summer long

3. Catchin' walleye from the dock watchin' waves roll off the rocks
   She'll forever hold a spot inside my soul
   We'd blister in the sun we couldn't wait for night to come
   To hit that sandy place of rock 'n roll

R: And we were tryin' different...

(Solo)

4. Now nothin' seems as strange as when the leaves began to change
   Oh how we thought those days would never end
   Sometimes I hear that song and I'll start to sing along
   And think man I'd like to see that girl again

R: And we were tryin' different... (2x)

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