The first time she saw him he stood at home plate   He knocked that curve ball almost out of state   The crowd went wild   He kinda smiled   And her heart melted away   The last time she saw him was at the airport gate   He'd write from college every other day   Letters sent   With good intent   But the miles got in the way   She tried to fall again   And every now and then she got real close   But it never worked out right   And with every sad goodbye her mind goes to      The boy back home   And their favorite song   And more shining stars than a girl could wish upon   Where there were no dreams   Out of reach   She'd go anywhere to find the boy back home      She drove last weekend to the old home town   Their favorite soda shop had been torn down   The drive-in's gone   And her heart longs   For a place that can't be found   And in the hours spent   In youthful innocence   Safe in the arms of      The boy back home   And their favorite song   And more shining stars than a girl could wish upon   Where there were no dreams   Out of reach   She'd go anywhere to find the boy back home