Here in the city, the measure is frozen
Billboards are screaming, nothing is real
In every small town there's air you can breathe in
It's not about the money or fast food on wheels

The lights are too bright for my eyes
Inside there's a feeling that rings like a bell
I've had enough and I long for the silence
This place hasn't treated me well

I have decided to leave this city
These buildings and people, bring me down
I have decided to leave this city
I think that I'm gonna move to town

Here in the city, no one's connected
Careers are controlling, everyone’s lives
In every small town, there's barely possession
Mothers aren't burdens, or grandfathers' wives

The lights are too bright for my eyes
Inside there's a feeling that rings like a bell
I've had enough and I long for the silence
This place hasn't treated me well

I have decided to leave this city
These buildings and people, bring me down
I have decided to leave this city
I think that I'm gonna move to town

I won't make a sound 
I won’t follow this merry-go-around 
That keeps going round, with or without 
Me I'm leaving, I'm leaving, I'm leaving 

Tomorrow, I'll make my way out of the city 
Tomorrow, I'll hop on a train or a bus 
I'll never stop running away from cities 
Where girls don't leave husbands for boys like us

I have decided to leave this city
These buildings and people, bring me down
I have decided to leave this city
I think that I'm gonna move to town
I think that I'm gonna move to town