don t go back to rockville

R.e.m.

Looking at your watch a third time waiting in the station for a bus
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

(chorus)
Don t go back to Rockville,
don t go back to Rockville, 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

(repeat chorus)

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

(repeat chorus 2x)