Twenty Years (Album Version)-Bill Anderson

[ti:Twenty Years (Album Version)] [ar:Bill Anderson] [al:Fine Wine] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Twenty Years (二十年) - Bill Anderson [00:12.64]I asked the man who drove the bus [00:15.74]To let me off at Maple Avenue [00:23.87]He looked at me through puzzled eyes [00:26.87]And said You don't live around here do you [00:34.78]I said No but I don't come from quite as far back [00:39.45]In the steeps as it appears [00:46.28]He said Yeah but we ain't had a Maple Avenue [00:50.69]Around here for twenty years [00:57.31]I got off the bus and asked a man [01:00.71]To show me how to get to Sam's cafe [01:09.09]He stared at me real funny said [01:12.33]They tore it down when Big Sam passed away [01:20.25]I said Well I've been away a while [01:23.44]I guess perhaps my memory's not too clear [01:31.97]He shook his head and said It's sad [01:34.97]But Sam's been gone for almost twenty years [01:43.11]My old hometown sure has changed in twenty years [01:54.17]I guess there's no point asking if Betty Carol Jackson [01:59.85]Still lives anywhere close to here [02:08.33]This is where I always thought we'd build our dream house [02:13.19]But that dream disappeared [02:20.33]And that's the biggest reason [02:22.89]I've only come back once in twenty years [02:33.22]I remember it just like yesterday [02:35.75]The Friday night we held our senior prom [02:43.67]I'd walked outside to get some air [02:45.91]And found her there in Billy Taylor's arms [02:54.07]The kids all laughed at me and said [02:57.40]They known about it since our junior year [03:04.98]I got so mad and hurt so bad [03:08.22]I hit the road and stayed for twenty years [03:16.49]It still hurts today the same way it's hurt for twenty years [03:28.07]All the heartaches linger and [03:31.06]They still point their finger at me [03:34.73]And all my painful souvenirs [03:41.85]I thought maybe I'd matured a bit [03:45.05]But I guess I'm still wet behind the years [03:53.16]I think I'll head home down the road [03:56.60]Maybe try again in twenty years [04:04.72]Yeah I guess I'll head home down the road [04:07.85] [04:08.78]You can look for me again in twenty years