[Verse 1]
We were young and in love in Alabama
But it wasn't Birmingham, it wasn't Mobile
And so we were nowhere, dreamers with a blank stare
Running lost highways through the cotton fields
[Verse 2]
You'd slide over on my bench seat and make a joke and poke fun at me
Just because I kept a Bible on the dash of my truck
It ain't that I read it much, it was really just there for looks
And young love on lost highways, you know we needed the luck
[Chorus]
'Cause isn't it something how young love can turn to nothing
If you add a little distance and time passеs by?
So I said, "Let's get affectionatе, like it says in the New Testament"
And we were laughing at tomorrow and grinning through the night
[Verse 3]
Do you remember when we'd wander, go floating down the Escatawpa?
We wasn't really doing nothing but passing time
And running from the knowledge you were soon to leave for college
And splashing on the creek banks and I tried not to cry
[Chorus]
'Cause isn't it something how young love can turn to nothing
If you add a little distance and time passes by?
It's a shame we had to grow up and couldn't stay in the moment
When our days were long and our passions were high
[Instrumental Break]
[Verse 3]
Well, I helped your daddy move ya into the dorms in Tuscaloosa
"You better not forget me", you whispered in my ear
I couldn't smile, so I faked it, we both knew I'd never make it
Even if I found the money to come to see you up here
[Chorus]
'Cause isn't it something how young love can turn to nothing
If you add a little distance and time passes by?
But I always will remember the summer that we spent together
And them innocent nights 'neath the Alabama skies