Twenty Years Ago

"Twenty Years Ago" is a song recorded by American country music artist Kenny Rogers. It was released in January 1987 as the second single from the album They Don't Make Them Like They Used To. The singer talks about visiting the old town where he grew up in and mentions how much more simple and possibly better life was back then. He mentions the old movie house and the drug store where he worked and his childhood friend who died in Vietnam in 1964. The song reached number 2 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart. It was written by Dan Tyler, Wood Newton, Michael Noble and C. Michael Spriggs.