there we were just small town fools learning more from each other than we did in school living on love a couple bucks and an old ford truck we graduated had the summer to kill spent most of our nights parked in a wheat field time flew by with september came goodbye she promised me she d come back someday she s still the one that got away still got a way of making me feel like i m eighteen and the world s standing still tailgates down no one s around for days still got a way of touching my skin like i haven t felt since way back when oh what i d give to have her here today she s still the one that got away i m not sure who s to blame from that moment on it was never the same soon we were through i heard she found someone new when i look back it tears me apart she took my leather jacket and a piece of my heart and i wonder if i ever cross her mind it s been years feels like yesterday she s still the one that got away still got a way of making me feel like i m eighteen and the world s standing still tailgates down no one s around for days still got a way of touching my skin like i haven t felt since way back when oh what i d give to have her here today she s still the one that got away she s still the one that got away there we were just small town fools learning more from each other than we did in school living on love a couple bucks and an old ford truck