Forty Again Lyrics - Singles - Berry John

Still the same old neighborhood like many years ago 

Houses sit in white picket frames like Rockwells in a row 

I've always been the rebel son but daddy didn't mind 

He wanted me to chase my dreams the way he did one time 

Now he's on the front porch as I get out of my car 

And as my father's eyes meet mine there's one wish in my heart 

I'm wishin' my daddy was forty again 

He would be young and I would be ten 

We would go fishin' throw an old ball around 

Wash his old truck go into town 

We can never go back to the way it was then 

Just for today I wish he was forty again 

Now we'll sit and talk for hour of life out on the road 

What I've seen and where I've been and journeys left to go 

Mama looks at both of us "you're like two kids I swear" 

Then the stories turn to laughter 

before the leaving turns to tears 

I'm wishin' my daddy was forty again 

He would be young and I would be ten 

We would go fishin' throw an old ball around 

Wash his old truck go into town 

We can never go back to the way it was then 

Just for today I wish he was forty again 

Oh, and just for today I wish he was forty again