R.E.M. - (Don't Go Back To) Rockville Lyrics

Complimentary "(Don't Go Back To) Rockville" Ringtone

Looking at your watch a third time 
Waiting in the station for a bus 
Going to a place that's far, so far away 
And if that's not enough 
Going where nobody says hello 
They don't talk to anybody they don't know 

You'll wind up in some factory 
That's full time filth and nowhere left to go 
Walk home to an empty house 
Sit around all by yourself 
I know it might sound strange 
But I believe you'll be coming back before too long 

Don't go back to Rockville, don't go back to Rockville 
Don't go back to Rockville and waste another year 

At night I drink myself to sleep 
And pretend I don't care if you're not here with me 
Cause it's so much easier to handle 
All my problems if I'm too far out to sea 
But something better happen soon 
Or it's gonna be too late to bring you back 

Don't go back to Rockville, don't go back to Rockville 
Don't go back to Rockville and waste another year 

It's not as though I really need you 
If you were here, I'd only bleed you 
But everybody else in town 
Only wants to bring you down 
And that's not how it ought to be 

I know it might sound strange 
But I believe you'll be coming back before too long 

Don't go back to Rockville, don't go back to Rockville 
Don't go back to Rockville and waste another year 

(Repeat)

Complimentary "(Don't Go Back To) Rockville" Ringtone

lyrics submitted by arovira
lyrics corrected by Virile Vagabond on 18-03-2006