Home Town

Of all the stupid things I could have thought
 This was the worst
 I started to believe
 That I was born at seventeen
 And all the stupid things
 The letters and the broken verse
 Stayed hidden at the bottom of the drawer
 They'd always been
 And now I plough through piles
 Of bills, receipts and credit cards
 And tickets and the Daily News
 And sometimes I just
 Wanna go back to my home town
 Though I know it'll never be the same
 Back to my home town
 'Cause it's been so long
 And I'm wondering if it's still there
 We think we're pretty smart
 Us city slickers get around
 And when the going's rough
 We kill the pain and relocate
 We're never married
 Never faithful not to any town
 But we never leave the past behind
 We just accumulate
 So sometimes when the music stops
 I seem to hear a distant sound
 Of waves and seagulls
 Football crowds and church bells
 And I
 Wanna go back to my home town
 Though I know it'll never be the same
 Back to my home town
 'Cause it's been so long
 And I'm wondering if it's still there
 Back to my home town
 Though I know it'll never be the same
 Back to my home town
 'Cause it's been so long
 And I'm wondering if it's still there