Old Post Road

I couldn't fall asleep last night

Threw the covers from my bed

Took a drive down suburban streets

To let my thoughts unwind

and clear my head

Something strange occurred to me

As the sweat rolled down my face

My restless heart began to pound

When I arrived in a familiar place

Same old houses

with a new coat of paint

Different faces peeking out of them now

They look at me

like I'm a stranger in town

But my roots are planted

deep in this ground

Tidal wave of memories

rush through my mind

Driving down the Old Post Road

Searching for the childhood I left behind

Driving down the Old Post Road

I was driving down the Old Post Road

Driving down the Old Post Road

We couldn't wait to break out of here

Took my daddy's car and went for a ride

Drove it straight into Mirror Lake

Boy, did me and Bobby catch hell that night

Those summer nights with Sandy

under the stars

The weeping willow

where I stole my first kiss

We pledged our love

and carved our names in a heart

The tree grew stronger

while we grew apart

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As I drove back home and crept into bed

And the sentimental journey was done

I remembered what my father said

He told me "Don't forget

where you came from"

Tidal wave of memories

rushED through my mind

Thinking 'bout the Old Post Road

Is it me who's changed

through all of these times

Or is it the Old Post Road?

Is it me who's changed

Or Old Post Road?

Take me back to Old Post Road

C'mon take me back to Old Post Road

Take me back to Old Post Road