it was 1989 my thoughts were short my hair was long caught somewhere between a boy and man she was seventeen and she was far from inbetween it was summertime in northern michigan ahh ahh ahh ahh ahh ahhsplashing through the sand bar talking by the campfire its the simple things in life like when and where we didnt have no internet but man i never will forget the way the moonlight shined upon her hairand we were trying different things we were smoking funny things making love out by the lake to our favorite song sipping whiskey out the bottle not thinking bout tomorrow singing sweet home alabama all summer long singing sweet home alabama all summer longcatching walleye from the dock watching the waves roll off the rocks shell forever hold a spot inside my soul wed blister in the sun we couldnt wait for night to come to hit that sand and play some rock and rollwhile we were trying different things and we were smoking funny things making love out by the lake to our favorite song sipping whiskey out the bottle not thinking bout tomorrow singing sweet home alabama all summer long singing sweet home alabama all summer longnow nothing seems as strange as when the leaves began to change or how we thought those days would never end sometimes ill hear that song and ill start to sing along and think man id love to see that girl againand we were trying different things we were smoking funny things making love out by the lake to our favorite song sipping whiskey out the bottle not thinking bout tomorrow singing sweet home alabama all summer long singing sweet home alabama all summer longand we were trying different things we were smoking funny things making love out by the lake to our favorite song sipping whiskey out the bottle not thinking bout tomorrow singing sweet home alabama all summer long singing sweet home alabama all summer longsinging sweet home alabama all summer long singing sweet home alabama all summer long singing sweet home alabama all summer long singing sweet home alabama all summer long