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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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Splashin' thru the sandbar, talkin' by the campfire 
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It's the simple things in life like when and where 
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We didn't have no internet, but man I never will forget 
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The way the moonlight shined upon her hair
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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
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Catchin' walleye from the dock watchin' waves roll off the rocks 
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She'll forever hold a spot inside my soul 
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We'd blister in the sun we couldn't wait for night to come 
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To hit that sandy place of rock 'n roll
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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
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Now nothin' seems as strange as when the leaves began to change 
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Oh how we thought those days would never end 
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Sometimes I hear that song and I'll start to sing along 
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And think man I'd like to see that girl again
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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  
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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
[Outro]
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