[ti:Back 40 Back] [ar:Luke Combs] [al:Gettin' Old] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Back 40 Back - Luke Combs [00:04.45]Lyrics by:Luke Combs/Ray Fulcher/Jeff Hyde/Driver Williams [00:08.91]Composed by:Luke Combs/Ray Fulcher/Jeff Hyde/Driver Williams [00:13.37]For sale by owner sign on Highway 59 [00:19.05]A signal of the times a turning of the page [00:25.03]There used to be nothing here [00:27.77]But that nothing disappeared [00:30.32]The pond the barn the farm [00:32.11]The fields have long since been replaced [00:36.89]Asphalt parking where that ten pew Pentecostal stood [00:42.72]Fast food four lanes and a subdivided neighborhood [00:48.67]The walls of the world are closin' in [00:51.58]The spreadin' city spreads us thin [00:54.38]We can't seem to make our ends meet the black [01:00.07]Never would've thought it wouldn't last [01:03.15]A way of life that time moved past [01:06.16]What I wouldn't give to have the back 40 back [01:23.78]Maybe I'm a sucker for knowing who lives next door [01:29.20]A view from my back porch a pinch of peace and quiet [01:35.10]I can't get back the used to bes [01:37.91]So I hang on to the memories [01:40.65]Of when I could still look up [01:42.45]And see the stars not street lights shining [01:47.18]The walls of the world are closin' in [01:50.04]The spreadin' city spreads us thin [01:52.91]We can't seem to make our ends meet in the black [01:58.75]Never would've thought it wouldn't last [02:01.75]A way of life that time moved past [02:04.72]What I wouldn't give to have the back 40 back [02:22.05]Now I get that progress has its place [02:25.08]And no regard for what it takes [02:28.11]Wish it would slow its pace and cut us all some slack [02:33.68]'Cause it's all changing way too fast [02:36.82]A way of life that time moved past [02:39.87]What I wouldn't give to have the back 40 back