I Wish I Was Eighteen Again.

Vocals: The late American country music singer, songwriter and guitarist Noble Ray Price (1926 – 2013).
Lyrics: American country music songwriter Sonny (James) Throckmorton (member of the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame).

I Wish I Was Eighteen Again.

At a bar down in Dallas an old man chimed in,
And they thought he was out of his head,
And all being young men, they just laughed it off,
When they heard what the old man had said.
He said, I’ll never again turn the young ladies heads,
Or go running off in to the wind.
I’m three quarters home, from the start to the end,
And I wish I was eighteen again.
Oh I wish I was eighteen again,
And going where I’ve never been,
Now old folks and old oaks standing tall just pretend.
I wish I was eighteen again.
Now time turns the pages and life goes so fast,
The years turn the black hair all grey.
I talk to some young folks, but they don’t understand,
The words this old man’s got to say.
Oh I wish I was eighteen again,
And going where I’ve never been.
Now old folks and old oaks standing tall just pretend,
I wish I was eighteen again.
Oh I wish I was eighteen again.

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