Not The Boy Next Door

Coming home used to feel so good

I'm a stranger now in my neighborhood

I've seen the world at a faster pace

And I'm coming now from a different place



Though I may look the same way to you

Underneath there is somebody new



I am not the boy next door

I don't belong like I did before

Nothing ever seems like it used to be

You can have your dreams, but you can't have me



Oh, I can't come back there anymore

'Cause I am not the boy next door



You've been saving those souvenirs

Faded photographs from our foolish years

We made plans, but they're wearing thin

And they won't work out 'cause I don't fit in



And those memories will just weigh me down

'Cause I got no place to keep 'em uptown



I am not the boy next door

I don't belong like I did before

Nothing ever seems like it used to be

You can have your dreams, but you can't have me



Oh, I can't go back there anymore

'Cause I am not the boy next door



And I'm sorry for just being me

But if you'd look past the past you could see that



I am not

Nothing ever seems like it used to be

You can have your dreams, oh, but you can't have me



I can't go back there anymore

'Cause I am not (you are not)

I am not (you are not)

I am not the boy next door