You know, ah umm
I'll try, I've been on the road almost twelve years
Since I've been away from home so long
So really it means a lot to me and it really straight my life right

Please come to Boston for the springtime
I'm staying here with some friends
And they've got lots of room

You can sell your paintings on the sidewalk
And by a café where I hope to be working soon
Please come to Boston
She said, "No, boy, you come home to me"

And she said, "Hey, ramblin' boy
Why don't you settle down?
Boston ain't your kind of town
There ain't no gold and there ain't nobody like me"
"I'm the number one fan of the man from Tennessee"

Please come to Denver to see the snowfall
Move up into the mountains so far that we can't be found

And throw "I love you" echoes down the canyons
And then lie awake at night 'til they come back around
Please come to Denver
She said, "No, boy you come home to me"

And she said, "Hey, ramblin' boy
Why don't you settle down?
Denver ain't your kind of town
There ain't no gold and there ain't nobody like me"
"I'm the number one fan of the man from Tennessee"

Now that drifter's world, goes round and round
And I doubt if it's ever gonna stop
And of all the dreams, I've lost and found
And all that I ain't got
I need someone to cling to
Somebody I can sing to

Please come to L.A. to live forever
A California life alone is just too hard to live
I live in a house that looks out over the ocean
There's some stars that fell from the sky
Livin' up on the hill

Please come to L.A.
She said, "No, boy, you come home to me"

She said, "Hey, ramblin' boy
Why don't you settle down?
L.A. ain't your kind of town
There ain't no gold and there ain't nobody like me"

"I'm the number one fan of the man from Tennessee"
"I'm the number one fan of the man from Tennessee"

Thank you Tennesse stadium, everybody
God bless you


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Please Come To Boston [Live] Lyrics as written by David Loggins

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    I sometimes wish to live like this: "Talks to her family now and then Through e-mails and postcards She tries to explain to them That education and occupation will have to wait for now" But then again I would feel guilty for not working hard (and neglecting my future). I know the girl in this song is happy and she'll probably have a great future, but I know it's not for me - maybe when I'm done with education and occupation.

    tugiton February 01, 2007   Link

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