I Was Young Once Too

Written by

Richard Leigh and

Robert Byrne

He raced that engine down the track 'round the tree on

Christmas day

I was so amazed my dad would play with trains

I saw a sparkle in his eye, then

I heard him say, come on son let's play,

I was young once, too

He washed that

Buick faithfully,

Lord he kept her clean

I thought that machine meant more to him than me

On the day

I turned sixteen he threw me the keys

Said I was young once, too, now she belongs to you

He was such a young man then,

I'm older than that now

I hope I measure up to him, when the circle comes around

I saw him in the attic sittin' cross legged on the floor

With some old photographs, he point and laughed

He said, that's me in that picture,

I said, no son, that's your dad

I was young once, too, and looked a lot like you

I was young once, too,

I was young once, too

Merry Christmas son,

I wish your grandpa were here

He was young once, too, and looked like me and you