well here I am, yeah, I'm back again 

in the town that I used to call my residence 

now it seems I dwell in a silver van 

you might have seen it once, yeah, it's parked out front 

but homecoming used to be a sweet affair 

I'd be swimming to the arms of a lover there, 

today there doesn't seem to be a niche for me, 

just a couch at todd's house, and jim, me, and the tv. 

the house is empty, the shadows are growing tall

against the book shelves and the paintings as dusk begins to fall 

this city has abandoned me, it's forgotten who I am 

the landscape change its shape, 

the streets twist and bend until I've lost my direction  



I woke up late to the sound of drums 

so I headed downstairs to see what was going on.

Roger was playing to a metronome,

he said it's just not right, man, it's got no soul. 

I told him what my sister said in chicago: 

"boy, you've made a choice you've got to uphold, 

i know it might sound unbearable,

but when you chose to write, you chose to be alone." 

so the house is empty and thats how it has to be 

so I better not complain, I guess it's best for me, 

but the city keeps haunting me 

like the house on Lafayette 

it was built for world war vet's 

we laughed and said "how appropriate" 





who do you think of when you think of the city? 

well, mostly, I think of you. 

you're the peants at their city 

you're the two way big at Lewi's 

you're the monday nights at Sullivan's 

you're the underground on Highland 

you're the dogtrap 

you're the devil 

you're the forty-niner's shuffleboard 

you're the big beard at the underwood 

you're the brothers 

you're the drug store 



well, I miss this city, 

I miss this city, 

ohh, I miss this city, 

I miss this city, 

(well, here I am, yeah, I'm back again) 





(in the town that I used to call my residence, now it seems I dwell in a silver van) 

I miss this city, 

(you might have seen it once, yeah it's parked out front, but homecoming used to be a sweet affair) 

I miss this city, 

(I'd be swimming to the arms of a lover there) 

I miss this city, 

(today there doesn't seem to be a niche for me) 

I miss this city, 

(just a couch at Todd's house, Jim, me, and the tv)