(Don't Go Back To) Rockville

Looking at your watch a third time

Waiting in the station for a bus

Going to a place that's far, so far away

And if that's not enough

Going where nobody says hello

They don't talk to anybody they don't know



You'll wind up in some factory

That's full time filth and nowhere left to go

Walk home to an empty house

Sit around all by yourself

I know it might sound strange

But I believe you'll be coming back before too long



Don't go back to Rockville, don't go back to Rockville

Don't go back to Rockville and waste another year



At night I drink myself to sleep

And pretend I don't care if you're not here with me

Cause it's so much easier to handle

All my problems if I'm too far out to sea

But something better happen soon

Or it's gonna be too late to bring you back



Don't go back to Rockville, don't go back to Rockville

Don't go back to Rockville and waste another year



It's not as though I really need you

If you were here, I'd only bleed you

But everybody else in town

Only wants to bring you down

And that's not how it ought to be



I know it might sound strange

But I believe you'll be coming back before too long



Don't go back to Rockville, don't go back to Rockville

Don't go back to Rockville and waste another year



(Repeat)