When I go home this summer, I done made up my mind   Gonna do some things, I wish, I'd done back once upon a time   Everybody in the whole place, they're gonna know my name   I'll blow in like a hurricane then blow out just the same      Paint scenes on the water-tower   I got the paint an' I got the power   Do everything I wish I'd done back then      Better late than never, they say   Can't let the moment slip away   I'm gonna finally take my chances   When I go home again      Call old Frankie Walker an' ask him if he might   Meet me at the drag strip an' he can eat my dust tonight   I'm gonna look up Laura what's her name an' I'll finally make it clear   I studied every square inch of her legs, our junior year      Paint scenes on the water-tower   I got the paint an' I got the power   Do everything I wish I'd done back then      Better late than never, they say   Can't let the moment slip away   I'm gonna finally take my chances   When I go home again      Everybody's got some things they wish they'd said or done   An' I'm gonna do my best to do 'em, every one      Gonna finally tell my Mamma about that Friday night   Didn't trip or fall, I got that shiner in a fight   An' if I get my courage up, I might just spill the beans   An' tell her all the details 'bout the night I turned eighteen      Paint scenes on the water-tower   I got the paint, I got the power   Do everything I wish I'd done back then      Better late than never, they say   Can't let the moment slip away   I'm gonna finally take my chances   When I go home again      All right      When I go home again   Oh, it's good to be back home, again