Jack and Diane painted a picture of my life and my dreams   Suddenly this crazy world made more sense to me   Well, I heard it today and I couldn't help but sing along   'Cause every time I hear that song      An' I go back to a two toned short bed Chevy   Drivin' my first love out to the levy   Livin' life with no sense of time   An' I go back to the feel of a fifty yard line   A blanket, a girl, some raspberry wine   Wishin' time would stop right in its tracks      Every time I hear that song   I go back, I go back      I used to rock all night long to, "Keep On Rockin' Me Baby"   Frat parties, college bars, just tryin' to impress the ladies   Well, I heard it today and I couldn't help but sing along   'Cause every time I hear that song      An' I go back to the smell of an old gym floor   The taste of salt on the Carolina shore   After graduation and drinkin' goodbye to friends   And I go back to watchin' summer fade to fall   Growin' up too fast and I do recall   Wishin' time would stop right in its tracks      Every time I hear that song   I go back, I go back      We all have a song that somehow stamped our lives   Takes us to another place and time      So I go back to a pew, preacher, and a choir   Singin' 'bout God, brimstone, and fire   And the smell of Sunday chicken after church   And I go back to the loss of a real good friend   And the sixteen summers I shared with him   Now "Only The Good Die Young" stops me in my tracks      Every time I hear that song   I go back, I go back      To the feel of a fifty yard line   A blanket, a girl, some raspberry wine   I go back   (I go back)      To watchin' summer fade to fall   Growin' up too fast and I do recall   I go back   (I go back)      To the loss of a real good friend   And the sixteen summers I shared with him   I go back   (I go back)      I go back, I go back