10000 Maniacs - Don’t Go Back To Rockville lyrics

[ original version by r.e.m. ]<br><br>Looking at your watch a third time waiting in the station for a bus<br><br>Going to a place that's far, so far away and if that's not enough<br>Going where nobody says hello, they don't talk to anybody they don't<br>Know<br>You'll wind up in some factory that's full time filth and nowhere left<br>To go<br>Walk home to an empty house, sit around all by yourself<br>I know it might sound strange, but I believe<br>You'll be coming back before too long<br><br>Don't go back to rockville<br>And waste another year<br><br>At night I drink myself to sleep and pretend<br>I don't care if you're not here with me<br>'cause it's so much easier to handle<br>All my problems if I'm too far out to sea<br>But something better happen soon<br>Or it's gonna be too late to bring you back<br><br>It's not as though I really need you<br>If you were here I'd only bleed you<br>But everybody else in town only wants to bring you down and<br>That's not how it ought to be<br>I know it might sound strange, but I believe<br>You'll be coming back before too long