If you drive straight out of town Down the route for the truckers You'll pass a tiny speckled store Where we would buy our suckers We were young and wild then We lived by the creek Peanut butter and jelly was Our staple for the week Poison ivy and electric fences Were our greatest foes I respected pain from them Sure as the rooster crows And I don't remember saying that I loved you But wherever I go, those days do, too And the people we were, oh, they follow me still I can hear them sometimes and I always will We would pack our Swiss Army knives In the sack of saltines And we'd brave the unknown green 'Til the dinner bell would ring You were patient, I was bold Your sister would pick fights I would tell you stories 'til the middle of the night And I don't remember saying that I loved you But wherever I go, those days do, too And the people we were, oh, they follow me still I can hear them sometimes and I always will