VERSE 1:
NOW BACK IN '52 WHILE RIDING THE RIDGES BLUE
I HAPPENED UPON A CABIN IN THE PINES
IT TOOK ME BACK TO MY CHILDHOOD DAYS
WHERE I SOMETIMES WORKED AND PLAYED
I'M LONGING TO GO BACK THERE ONE MORE TIME.

CHORUS:
TO GO BACK (to go back) TO GO BACK( to go back)
FOR A VISIT AND A CHAT WITH DEAR OLD FRIENDS
SOMEHOW IT JUST CAN BE, FOR MY FRIENDS I JUST CANT SEEEEEEE
AND THE DUSTY GRAVEL LANES DON'T SEEM THE SAME.

VERSE 2
OH THOES DUSTY GRAVEL LANES THERE'S SO MANY WITHOUT NAMES
AND MANY I HAVE TRAVELED THRU THE YEARS
AS I TAKE A LONG LOOK BACK THERE'S ME AND MY OLD DOG JACK
AND MEMORIES OF THAT OLD AND TATERED SHACK.

CHORUS:
TO GO BACK (to go back) TO GO BACK( to go back)
FOR A VISIT AND A CHAT WITH DEAR OLD FRIENDS
SOMEHOW IT JUST CAN BE, FOR MY FRIENDS I JUST CANT SEEEEEEE
AND THE DUSTY GRAVEL LANES DON'T SEEM THE SAME.

VERSE 3
WELL I SAT AND PRAYED AWHILE, OH HOW IT MADE ME SMILE
JUST TOO SEE ALL THE THINGS THE LORD HAS MADE
I JOURNEYED UP TO THE CABIN DOOR,
WALKED AROUND ON THE OLD PINE FLOOR
WHAT A PLEASURE IT'S BEEN TO COME BACK HOME AGAIN

CHROUS:
TO GO BACK (to go back) TO GO BACK to go back)
FOR A VISIT AND A CHAT WITH DEAR OLD FRIENDS
SOMEHOW IT JUST CAN BE, FOR MY FRIENDS I JUST CANT SEEEEEEE
AND THE DUSTY GRAVEL LANES DON'T SEEM THE SAME.
AND , THE DUSTY GRAVEL LANES DON'T SEEM THE SAME.