I'm looking for those old familiar faces

In the places I left behind

All the Townsons, Barnes and Staces

And some good old friends of mine

Because everyone is someone

That I seem to recognize

Must be the old familiar faces

In their eyes



I'm walking down these streets that have no signposts

In a language that I know

And I never will belong here

And it's clear that one day I'll go

But when I turn the corner

There's another memory

Why don't those old familiar faces

Let me be



I used to live a life without a present

And no need to go back when

But now I see the truth so clearly

And I want it her back again

She hosts the ghosts of people

In the shadows all around

Until the old familiar faces

Fill this town



Everyday I feel the sun shine stronger

On the dark side of my heart

And people look like strangers now

That I can't tell apart

So I smile and nod politely

Like they're friends that I once knew

I've found those old familiar faces

In you