well here I am, yeah, I'm back again
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in the town that I used to call my residence
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now it seems I dwell in a silver van
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you might have seen it once, yeah, it's parked out front
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but homecoming used to be a sweet affair
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I'd be swimming to the arms of a lover there,
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today there doesn't seem to be a niche for me,
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just a couch at todd's house, and Jim Beam and tv.
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the house is empty, the shadows are growing tall
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against the book shelves and the paintings as dusk begins to fall
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this city has abandoned me, it's forgotten who I am
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the landscape change its shape,
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the streets twist and bend until I've lost my direction
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I woke up late to the sound of drums
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so I headed downstairs to see what was going on.
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Roger was playing to a metronome,
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he said it's just not right, man, it's got no soul.
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I told him what my sister said in chicago:
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"boy, you've made a choice you've got to uphold,
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i know it might sound unbearable,
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but when you chose to write, you chose to be alone."
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so the house is empty and thats how it has to be
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so I better not complain, I guess it's best for me,
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but the city keeps haunting me
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like the house on Lafayette
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it was built for world war vet's
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we laughed and said "how appropriate"
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who do you think of when you think of the city?
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well, mostly, I think of you.
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you're the peanuts at their city
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you're the two way big at Lewi's
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you're the monday nights at Sullivan's
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you're the underground on Highland
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you're the dogtrack
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you're the dubliner
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you're the forty-niner's shuffleboard
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you're the big beer at the underwood
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you're the brothers
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you're the drug store
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well, I miss this city,
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I miss this city,
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ohh, I miss this city,
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I miss this city,
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(well, here I am, yeah, I'm back again)
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(in the town that I used to call my residence, now it seems I dwell in a silver van)
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I miss this city,
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(you might have seen it once, yeah it's parked out front, but homecoming used to be a sweet affair)
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I miss this city,
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(I'd be swimming to the arms of a lover there)
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I miss this city,
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(today there doesn't seem to be a niche for me)
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I miss this city,
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(just a couch at Todd's house, Jim, me, and the tv)
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Haunted Homecoming
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The Good Life |