[00:16.68]Time and time again I tried to get back to my home town
[00:25.53]On my mind again I'm on my way back take a look around
[00:33.36]The places I remember where my picture comes undone
[00:41.25]Such a long way back and this boy's lost track of the place where he was young
[00:51.63]And I'm back on the street where I used to live
[00:56.34]And I passed an old friend who was holding his kid
[01:00.06]And I swear I can almost hear mamma call my name
[01:08.37]And I'm back on the river where I was Huck Finn
[01:13.05]Just Charlie McLaughlin he always played Jim
[01:17.10]Now I know why they say you just can't go home again
[01:24.93]Yes I know why they say you just can't go home again
[01:37.95]My friends and I could talk the night away about where we were going
[01:46.47]Laying out our lives we had no way of ever knowing
[01:54.33]The plans we made keep changing and people they just do the same
[02:02.43]It's a long way back and we all lose track of the faces and the names
[02:12.66]And I stop for an ice cream at the corner d**g store
[02:17.40]A double deck cone ain't a dime anymore
[02:21.42]Have things really changed so much or is it just me
[02:29.25]And I asked about Tom he ran the picture show
[02:33.81]And somebody said he died years ago
[02:37.89]Now I know why they say you just can't go home again
[02:45.60]Yes I know why they say you just can't go home again
[03:18.00]Such a long way back and this boy's lost track
[03:22.29]Of the places and their names
[03:28.32]And I spoke to the bum as he sat on the ground
[03:32.88]That crazy old man he's still toasting the town
[03:36.99]For the first time in my life I understood
[03:44.64]How the wine that had taken his worries and cares
[03:49.32]Had also taken the love he once shared
[03:53.31]Then he cried as he said I just can't go home again
[04:01.02]Now I know why they say you just can't go home again
[04:09.27]Yes I know why they say you just can't go home again