"Couldn't Wait To Grow Up" lyrics

I remember when the only thing
That ever hurt at all was a skinned up knee
There was no such thing as being bored
When you got boards nailed up in a tree
The biggest choice we had to make
Was a root beer or a Coke
Which baseball cards you're holding back
And which ones go in your spokes

And summer was forever
Getting home by 6 was tough
Second base was talking baseball
Heartbreak was when the Braves lost
And getting grounded was the worst thing there ever was
We couldn't wait to grow up

I remember when freedom was
Twenty bucks and a tank of gasoline
And love was some blue jeans
And a tank top in the floorboard of that Jeep
I was born and raised to stay around town
She was heading off to State
We were gonna have to say goodbye
But that was still three months away

And summer was forever
Getting home by 12 was tough
Second base was in the backseat
And heartbreak was that, "Damn, we
Better get back home before my daddy kills us"
And we couldn't wait to grow up

That's the thing about the good ol' days
It's like we didn't want 'em
You don't know that you had it made
Till you're looking back on 'em

And summer was forever
Getting home by 12 was tough
We didn't know we had no worries
The real world looks so blurry
'Cause two Miller Lites made a damn good buzz
And to think we couldn't wait to grow up