Take a look around man, and take it all in
Take a look around, try to remember it
Take a look around , 'cause someday soon
You're gonna run out of all those afternoons
And you can't turn back the clock to that day in spring
When you met your best friend by the playground swing
Or saw that girl across the hallway and time just stopped
That's the only time you're ever gonna beat the clock
I remember riding in the front seat of my mama's car
Cruising through the half-lit woods, with the radio on
I remember everything, from the morning we all met to the Friday we all left
And I consider myself blessed, I grew up in the woodlands
Sitting here tonight I cast my memory back
To sledding hill injuries and capture the flag
To card games and football and memories that last
And somewhere along the way, I guess we also went to class
I remember riding in the front seat of my mama's car
Cruising through the half-lit woods, with the radio on
I remember everything, from the morning we all met to the Friday we all left
And I consider myself blessed, I grew up in the woodlands
And maybe 20 years down, we'll all meet up again
It won't be awkward at all, no we'll still feel like old friends
And we'll go out to a bar and close that place down
Just talking 'bout the past until they throw us out
And then we'll rage on the backstreets 'til 4 a.m.
Just looking for trouble the way we always did
When we were young and we were just
Having a blast being kids
Who grew up in the woodlands
There's so many days I wish I could get back
There's so many friends I wish I could see again
There's a guy we knew back then who used to walk these halls
Now there ain't nothing left of him but pictures on the walls
So take a look around, man, take it from me
Take a look around, son, I know what I mean
Take a look around 'cause I'm the man you're gonna be
When that last bell rings at a quarter to three
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