it was nineteen eighty nine
my thoughts were short
my hair was long caught somewhere between a boy and man
she was seventeen and she was far from in between
it was summertime in northern michigan
oh
splashing through the sand bar
talking 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
and we were trying different things
we were smoking funny things
** ** out by the lake to our favorite song
sipping whiskey out the bottle
not thinking about tomorrow
singing sweet old alabama all summer long
singing sweet home alabama
all summer long
catching wall out from the dark
watching the waves roll off the rocks
she'll forever hold this spot inside my soul
we'd blister in the sun
we couldn't wait for night to come
to hit that sand and play some rock and roll
while we were trying different things
we were smoking funny things
** ** out by the lake to our favorite song
whiskey out the bottle oh not thinking about tomorrow
singing sweet old alabama
all summer long oh
singing sweet home alabama oh sweet home alabama
oh yeah
now nothing seems as strange
as when the leaves began to change
or how we thought those days would never end
sometimes i hear that song
and i start to sing along
i think man i'd love to see
that girl again
man i'd love to see that girl again yeah yeah
when we were trying different things
trying different things
we were smoking funny things
** ** out by the lake to our favorite song
favorite song
simply whiskey out the bottle
oh not thinking about tomorrow
singing sweet home alabama all summer long
we were trying different things
we were smoking funny things
** ** out by the lake to our feet
my favorite favorite song
the whiskey of the bottle
oh yeah not thinking about tomorrow
singing sweet home alabama all summer long
sweet yeah singing sweet home alabama all summer long
sweet sweet home alabama all summer long
sweet sweet home alabama all summer long