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
 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

 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