[Verse 1] Back when Marble Falls was just a little Texas town Before the world came rushing in and spread itself around We knew every gravel backroad, every curve and bend And every face in every store belonged to someone’s friend A couple of dollars bought a burger and some gasoline And freedom rode beside us every time we took a drive We never stopped to think about how good those days would be We were too busy living them, too young to really see [Chorus] How lucky we were, growing up back then How lucky we were, my old friends When a tank of gas was cheap And a town was full of friends Windows rolled down And the radio turned high Chasing Texas sunsets Under Hill Country skies Mini-skirts and go-go boots And every dream felt sure Lord, how lucky we were How lucky we were [Verse 2] Friday nights we’d cruise the strip in shiny cars Trying to impress the girls a little more than the night before The music from an 8-track tape was the soundtrack of our lives And every passing glance could make a young man’s heart take flight Then we’d head up to Roadside Park when the summer heat began to cool Then someone say, let’s go out to Lacy Pasture, Where a keg or 2 of beer was waitin Big bon fire burning bright Giving off light The girls all looked like movie stars…….. beneath the silver moon….. With their teased-up hair and go-go boots, humming every tune [Chorus] How lucky we were, growing up back then How lucky we were, my old friends When a tank of gas was cheap And a town was full of friends Windows rolled down And the radio turned high Chasing Texas sunsets Under Hill Country skies Mini-skirts and go-go boots And every dream felt sure Lord, how lucky we were How lucky we were [Bridge] Nobody had much money But nobody seemed poor A little gas, a fast car What more were we looking for? We thought we’d live on forever And somehow maybe we have Every memory comes rushing back When I think of me and you [Verse 3] Now the years have rolled along and Marble Falls has changed Some old roads disappeared and some old friends moved away But in my mind it’s still the summer of nineteen sixty-eight When the world was full of promise and tomorrow still was coming I can hear the laughter echo where the lake would shine See the mini-skirts and the go-go boots walking through my mind And if I had the chance to live those days once more somehow I’d take that ride through Marble Falls and be there right now [Final Chorus] How lucky we were, growing up back then How lucky we were, my old friends When a tank of gas was cheap And a town was full of friends Windows rolled down And the radio turned high Chasing Texas sunsets Under Hill Country skies Those fast cars and young hearts Still feel close and pure And every time I think of home I know how lucky we were How lucky we were [Tag] Roadside Park… Cheap gasoline… Mini-skirts and go-go boots… And a little town called Marble Falls
