Goin' Back

by Neil Young

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Lyrics

In a foreign land

There were creatures at play

Running hand in hand

Leading nowhere to stay

Driven to the mountains high

They were sunken in the cities deep

Livin' in my sleep.

I feel like goin' back

Back where there's nowhere to stay

When fire fills the sky

I'll still remember that day

These rocks I'm climbin' down

Have already left the ground

Careening through space.

I used to build these buildings

I used to walk next to you

Their shadows tore us apart

And now we do what we do

Driven to the mountains high

Sunken in the cities deep

Livin' in our sleep.

I feel like goin' back

Back where there's nowhere to stay.