(Don't Go Back To) Rockville

Song (Don't Go Back To) Rockville
Artist R.E.M.
Album Reckoning (The I.R.S. Years Vintage 1984) (World)

Lyrics

[00:07.43] Looking at your watch a third time
[00:10.43] Waiting in the station for a bus
[00:14.28]
[00:20.14] Going to a place that's far, so far away
[00:24.55] And if that's not enough
[00:26.90]
[00:32.80] Going where nobody says hello
[00:36.02] They don't talk to anybody they don't know
[00:39.42]
[00:44.72] You'll wind up in some factory
[00:47.77] That's full time filth and nowhere left to go
[00:52.12]
[00:57.72] Walk home to an empty house
[01:00.67] Sit around all by yourself
[01:04.92]
[01:10.32] I know it might sound strange
[01:12.55] But I believe you'll be coming back before too long
[01:17.20]
[01:23.11] Don't go back to Rockville, don't go back to Rockville
[01:34.06]
[01:35.91] Don't go back to Rockville and waste another year
[01:46.96]
[01:48.87] At night I drink myself to sleep
[01:51.86] And pretend I don't care if you're not here with me
[01:56.76]
[02:01.27] Cause it's so much easier to handle
[02:04.71] All my problems if I'm too far out to sea
[02:09.57]
[02:14.38] But something better happen soon
[02:17.43] Or it's gonna be too late to bring you back
[02:21.43]
[02:26.98] Don't go back to Rockville, don't go back to Rockville
[02:37.89]
[02:39.74] Don't go back to Rockville and waste another year
[02:50.57]
[02:53.32] It's not as though I really need you
[02:57.07]
[02:59.52] If you were here, I'd only bleed you
[03:03.93]
[03:05.69] But everybody else in town
[03:10.21] Only wants to bring you down
[03:12.51] And that's not how it ought to be
[03:15.51]
[03:17.41] I know it might sound strange
[03:19.79] But I believe you'll be coming back before too long
[03:24.59]
[03:30.39] Don't go back to Rockville, don't go back to Rockville
[03:41.24]
[03:43.09] Don't go back to Rockville and waste another year
[03:53.90]
[03:56.01] Don't go back to Rockville, don't go back to Rockville
[04:06.82]
[04:08.68] Don't go back to Rockville and waste another year