I Want My City Back

Up around 95

Sailing down Starrow Drive

Left exit into Kenmore Square

Slowed down when I got there

And that's when it was crystal clear

It wasn't there, it wasn't where

I left it, when I left it

I want my city back

Back the way it used to be

I want it back the way it was

I looked around and found

This doesn't feel like my hometown

And I don't like the way it does feel

Stepped out to take a closer look

Held in with every step I took

The sadness I felt just to look around

I looked up to the Citgo sign

You used to be a friend of mine

Do you agree with me at one time

This was once such sacred ground

but now...

I want my city back

Back the way it used to be

I want it back the way it was

I looked around and found

This doesn't feel like my hometown

And I don't like the way it does feel

How should I feel when the place

where I first learned I could feel

Is no longer where I left it

When I left it, not so long ago

How should I feel? How should I feel?

How should I feel? I don't know

I want my city back

Back the way it used to be

I want it back the way it was

I looked around and found

This doesn't feel like my hometown

And I don't like the way it does feel