And I’m crusin’ my home town
Something I’ll do every now and then
Since my muscle car days of ridin’ around
There’s a road sign up ahead
Turn here for Memory Lane
How it pulls on me
As if called by name
Memories seem to all come up on cue
The places, friends, and good times
Was it really that long ago?
Like yesterday it seems in my mind
The house I grew up in
All re-modeled I see
I just shake my head
I liked it the way it used to be
On Branch Street, Central Elementary School
Where in fifth grade I first fell in love
Right next to the Lawson Tower
With the bells ringing high above
I drive by Sand Hills Beach
Where many a summer day
On the radio a song we laughed at
“They’re Coming to Take Me Away”
When older, I cruised Front Street
On Friday and Saturday nights
Familiar faces all just hangin’ out
A few couples in the shadows out of sight
Then by Motorhead Alley
Where all the gearheads strut their stuff
Dual quads against a sixpack
A stare down to test the bluff
My crusin’ song of “Ramble Tamble”
By CCR on my stereo
Give the volume knob a twist
“ooooh, down the road I go”
Now past the Old Oaken Bucket Pond
And a favorite memory I hail
I’ll turn down this side street to
My homesick heaven on Satuit Trail
With a sweet whisper of her name
Happens every time I take that ride
That nostalgic ride down Memory Lane
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