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Outside the sun come beating down
We're going back to the town
In letters and memories
And then a pleasant town
The pain when you still lived there
And I couldn't wait for you to get away
My heart's getting pulled around
In a backward town so far away
My old school is getting drunk on the town
Don't think they'll ever get out
Go home just to realize
Why I had to get out
The pain when you still lived there
And I couldn't wait for you to get away
My heart's being pulled around
In a backward town so far away
so far away
I'm down in a backward town
I'm down in a backward town
I'm down in a backward town
I'm down in a backward town
The pain when you still lived there
And I couldn't wait for you to get away
My heart's being pulled around
In a backward town so far away
The pain when you still lived there
And I couldn't wait for you to get away
My heart's being pulled around
In a backward town so far away
so far away
so far away
I'm down in a backward town
so far away
I'm down in a backward town
so far away
We're going back to the town
In letters and memories
And then a pleasant town
And I couldn't wait for you to get away
My heart's getting pulled around
In a backward town so far away
Don't think they'll ever get out
Go home just to realize
Why I had to get out
And I couldn't wait for you to get away
My heart's being pulled around
In a backward town so far away
so far away
I'm down in a backward town
I'm down in a backward town
I'm down in a backward town
And I couldn't wait for you to get away
My heart's being pulled around
In a backward town so far away
The pain when you still lived there
And I couldn't wait for you to get away
My heart's being pulled around
In a backward town so far away
so far away
so far away
I'm down in a backward town
so far away
I'm down in a backward town
so far away
Song Info
Submitted by
lvr On Feb 24, 2006
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This song is about Kelowna, B.C.
Incidentally, it's a four-hour drive from Kelowna (where the Grapes of Wrath started) to Vancouver (where they ended up). So take the "so far away" parts with a grain of salt. It's not like moving from New York to L.A.
In the first verse he actually describes it as an "unpleasant town". But I'm not sure what the exact lines are,