She said, California as a tear fell down her cheek   Small town missouri, this aint the life for me    Wave goodbye to mom and dad and all her friends   In that '97 mustang, that we both lost it in.      I cant recall the day i'd finally had enough   Of chasing my fathers dream instead of growing up    I turned in that uniform before i ever played a game    With a junior college scholorship, in a white trash town up state      You never know which way the road is gonna go when it bends    All i know is what i'd give today to feel that way again      I made the most of no degree here selling cars    On the west side of St. Louis, where most the rich folks are    From time to time i hear about some star you met    And just how close you come, but havent made it yet      It gets me thinking about the way it was and all we could have been    Wondering if you ever wished you could feel that way again (oh, feel that way again)      You never know which way the road is gonna go when it bends   All i know is what i'd give today to feel that way again      I cannot lie sometimes when i come back to town    I head down to the river, and i roll the windows down    Listen to that mississippi running through the night    It'll wash away the years and bring you back here by my side    It'll wash away the years    And bring you back here by my side      Yeah feel that way again