Lyrics
[verse]
When I was small I'd sit beside the radio
Waiting for the songs that made the whole house glow
Every little tune felt like a friend of mine
I'd sing along and lose all track of time
[chorus]
Play that old song again, let it carry me back
To the porch light summers, to the well-worn track
Every note's a doorway to a softer, simpler year
Play that old song again, and bring the yesterday near
[verse]
Now the world moves faster, and the songs all sound so new
But there's a station somewhere playing something I once knew
It comes on sudden, like an old familiar friend
And for three minutes I am seven years old again
[chorus]
Play that old song again, let it carry me back
To the porch light summers, to the well-worn track
Every note's a doorway to a softer, simpler year
Play that old song again, and bring the yesterday near
[bridge]
Some say you can't go back, and maybe that is true
But a melody remembers what the calendar forgot to do
For the length of one refrain the years all fall away
And I'm dancing in the kitchen on an ordinary day
[chorus]
So play that old song again, let it carry me back
To the porch light summers, to the well-worn track
Every note's a doorway to a softer, simpler year
Play that old song again, and bring the yesterday near
