WHEN I WAS YOUNG AND IN MY TEENS
WENT ON THE ROAD TO CHASE MY DREAMS
HAD TO FIND OUT WHO I WAS
I FOUND OUT LIFE AIN’T WHAT IT SEEMS
ONE CANNOT LIVE BEYOND ONE’S MEANS
IT DON’T WORK I KNOW JUST BECAUSE
FROM THE DIRT ROADS OF MICHIGAN
TO CALIFORNIA’S OCEAN SAND
I CARRIED ALL I OWNED IN MY PACK
WITH A GUITAR HELD IN MY HAND
I SET OUT FOR SOME DISTANT LAND
AND HOPED THAT I WOULD NOT COME BACK
I LEFT ALL MY FAMILY IN MONTCALM COUNTY
GOOD TIMES AND FRIENDS CAME TO AN END
NEW LIFE BEGAN
LEFT ALL MY FAMILY, DO THEY REMEMBER ME
NEW TIMES AND FRIENDS ABOUT TO BEGIN NEVER TO END
AFTER I WAS AWAY AWHILE
TEN YEARS, ABOUT TEN THOUSAND MILES
EVERYTHING WAS GOING REAL BAD
I DECIDED TO CHANGE MY STYLE
GO BACK FOR JUST A LITTLE WHILE
SEE IF I STILL HAD WHAT I HAD
I LEFT ALL MY FAMILY IN MONTCALM COUNTY
GOOD TIMES AND FRIENDS CAME TO AN END
NEW LIFE BEGAN
LEFT ALL MY FAMILY, DO THEY REMEMBER ME
NEW TIMES AND FRIENDS, ABOUT TO BEGIN, NEVER TO END
SEEMS LIKE YOU DON’T KNOW WHAT YOU’VE GOT
UNTILYOU FIND YOU HAVE IT NOT
WE FORGET OUR DREAMS WITH THE DAWN
WHEN HAPPINESS IS LEFT TO ROT
AND EVERYTHING HAS GONE TO POT
WE WILL SING A MUCH DIFFERENT SONG
I LEFT ALL MY FAMILY IN MONTCALM COUNTY
GOOD TIMES AND FRIENDS CAME TO AN END
NEW LIFE BEGAN
LEFT ALL MY FAMILY, DO THEY REMEMBER ME
NEW TIMES AND FRIENDS ABOUT TO BEGIN NEVER TO END