♪♪♪ ♪ WHEN I WAS SIX YEARS
OLD I BROKE MY LEG I WAS RUNNING FROM MY BROTHER
AND HIS FRIENDS ♪ ♪ AND TASTED THE SWEET
PERFUME OF THE MOUNTAIN GRASS AS I ROLLED DOWN
I WAS YOUNGER THEN ♪ ♪ TAKE ME BACK TO WHEN
I FOUND MY HEART AND BROKE IT HERE
MADE FRIENDS AND LOST THEM ♪ ♪ THROUGH THE YEARS
AND I'VE NOT SEEN THE ROARING FIELDS IN SO LONG
I KNOW I'VE GROWN ♪ ♪ I CAN'T WAIT TO GO HOME
I'M ON MY WAY DRIVING AT 90 DOWN THOSE
COUNTRY LANES ♪ ♪ SINGING TO TINY DANCER
AND I MISS THE WAY YOU MAKE ME FEEL
AND IT'S REAL ♪ ♪ WE WATCHED THE SUNSET
OVER THE CASTLE ON THE HILL FIFTEEN YEARS OLD AND SMOKING
HANDROLLED CIGARETTES ♪ ♪ RUNNING FROM THE LAW
THROUGH THE BACKFIELDS AND GETTING DRUNK WITH MY FRIENDS
HAD MY FIRST KISS ♪ ♪ ON A FRIDAY NIGHT
I DON'T RECKON I DID IT RIGHT I WAS YOUNGER THEN
TAKE ME BACK TO WHEN ♪ ♪ WE FOUND WEEKEND JOBS
WHEN WE GOT PAID WE'D BUY CHEAP SPIRITS AND
DRINK THEM STRAIGHT ♪ ♪ ME AND MY FRIENDS HAVE NOT
THROWN UP IN SO LONG OH, HOW WE'VE GROWN
BUT I CAN'T WAIT ♪ ♪ TO GO HOME
I'M ON MY WAY DRIVING AT 90 DOWN
THOSE COUNTRY LANES ♪ ♪ SINGING TO TINY DANCER
AND I MISS THE WAY YOU MAKE ME FEEL
AND IT'S REAL M ♪ WE WATCHED THE SUNSET
OVER THE CASTLE ON THE HILL OVER THE CASTLE ON THE HILL
OVER THE CASTLE ♪ ♪ ON THE HILL
ONE FRIEND LEFT TO SELL CLOTHES
ONE WORKS DOWN ♪ ♪ BY THE COAST
ONE HAD TWO KIDS BUT LIVES ALONE
ONE'S BROTHER OVERDOSED ♪ ♪ ONE'S ALREADY ON
HIS SECOND WIFE ONE'S JUST BARELY GETTING BY
BUT THESE PEOPLE RAISED ME ♪ ♪ AND I CAN'T WAIT
TO GO HOME AND I'M ON MY WAY
I STILL REMEMBER THESE ♪ ♪ OLD COUNTRY LANES
WHEN WE DID NOT KNOW THE ANSWERS
AND I MISS THE WAY ♪ ♪ YOU MAKE ME FEEL
IT'S REAL WE WATCHED THE SUNSET
OVER THE CASTLE ♪ ♪ ON THE HILL
OVER THE CASTLE ON THE HILL OVER THE CASTLE
ON THE HILL ♪ ♪♪♪
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