Well I made my way back down to the valley, right on past 83rd St. That's where we once belonged, but I'm gone, I swear I'm long gone.

(Chorus)
So give it up throw your hats in the air, and change just as they land, you're saying “We'll get out of here” but something tells me you're too scared to go.

So the stairs that you could climb are the ones you've left behind and your eyes light up when we talk about the past. God, I miss those songs we used to sing. Talking like getting away would be the greatest thing. Well me, I got out, and you singing to me like that's really gunna set this free.

(Chorus)

Like a ghost you've been haunting all these dusty old roads and old homes. The ones we swore we'd never go, never go. As for Joe, oh I've seen him around. Then there's Adam, he's afraid to go out. I don't blame him I just wanted to go out to eat. Then there's Mark, goddamn I wish him the best. We were kids back then as if we could progress. But sometimes I just can't sleep, thinking of everything we could have been.

(Chorus)


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    i am the dumb gurl, lol the lyrics r exactly the same

    Staywhatyouareon April 26, 2003   Link

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