Lyrics

[Intro]
[acoustic guitar strumming, clean electric guitar lead fills, steady drum beat]

[Verse 1]
Do you remember back in high school?
Had a fifty-seven Chevrolet
Seventeen and breaking all the rules
Man those had to be the good old days, yeah
Well Friday night cruising down Old Pine Road
Six pack and a bottle of wine
Looking for a little stretch of lonely road
I was yours and you were mine

[Chorus]
Driving down the back roads of summer
Back in nineteen eighty-nine
We were young and crazier than ever
That's when we laid it all on the line
Girl you know I'd do it all over
If you were sitting there by my side
Driving down the back roads of summer
Let's go back there tonight

[Verse 2]
[electric guitar lead fills continue]
Down at the all night drive-in
Parked out in the very last row
Hard to keep the car from rocking
Instead of watching that picture show, yeah
Well Sunday we'd head down Old Fifty-Nine
Take a drive to the Old Half Moon
Buy an ice cream cone for a dime
That's how we spent Sunday afternoon

[Chorus]
Driving down the back roads of summer
Back in nineteen eigty-nine
We were young and crazier than ever
That's when we laid it all on the line
Girl you know I'd do it all over
If you were sitting there by my side
Driving down the back roads of summer
Let's go back there tonight

[Guitar Solo]
[distorted electric guitar solo with country-style bends and double-stops]

[Chorus]
Driving down the back roads of summer
Back in nineteen eigty-nine
We were young and crazier than ever
That's when we laid it all on the line
Girl you know I'd do it all over
If you were sitting there by my side
Driving down the back roads of summer
Let's go back there tonight

[Outro]
Let's go back there tonight
Girl let's go back there tonight
[final acoustic guitar strum and cymbal ring out]