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| At | a bar dow | n in Da | llas |
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| An old man chimed | in |
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| And they | thought he was o | ut of his h | ead |
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| And all being young | men |
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| They just laughed it o | ff |
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| When they heard | what this old man | said |
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| He said I'll never ag | ain |
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| Turn th | e young l | adies' h | eads |
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| Or go running of | f into the | wind |
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| I' | m three qu | arters ho | me |
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| From the start to the | end |
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| And I w | ish I was e | ighteen ag | ain |
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| Oh I wish I was | eighteen ag | ain |
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| And going where I've never | been |
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| Now | old folks | and old oa | ks |
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| Standing tall, just pr | etend |
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| I wis | h I was ei | ghteen aga | in |
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| Time turn | s the pa | ges |
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| And life goes so f | ast |
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| The year | s turn the da | rk hair all g | rey |
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| I talk to som | e young f | olks |
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| But they don't under | stand |
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| The wo | rds this old | man's got to sa | y |
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| Oh I wish I was eighteen a | gain |
| D | A | D | |
| And | going where I | 've never b | een |
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| Now old folks | and old o | aks |
| A | |
| Standing tall, just p | retend |
| D | A | D | |
| I wi | sh I was eig | htee-een a | gain |
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| Oh I wish I was | eighteen ag | ain... |