Back to Where I Started

Sitting at the table of a local dive with a friend of mine
He looked off in the distance and his smile ran away
And he told me, "This ain't no kind of life"

Everyday he's sitting in a sea of traffic lights
Flashing red
Choking on the smog, clouding his head
And now he wants to get out

'Cuz the opportunity that he's here for never came
And he don't wanna live here and keep on playing this game
He said

I wanna go back to where I started from
Back to the one that I used to love
No more runnin' 'cuz there's no place to go
Back to the place I was born
Back to where I started from

He looks down at the danger and the years of decay
From a window that he calls home
Children playing in the street
Takes him back and feels so alone

He's sick of this town yeah he's had more than his fill
He says he's gonna leave but he knows he never will
He said

I wanna go back to where I started from
Back to the one that I used to love
No more runnin' 'cuz there's no place to go
Back to the place I was born
Back to where I started from

I said goodbye to my old friend
And drove away in the cool of night
I saw some painted words on a building
Up ahead in the pale moonlight
Maybe I was dreaming
I could swear it said

I wanna go back to where I started from
Back to the one that I used to love
No more runnin' 'cuz there's no place to go
Back to the place I was born
Back to where I started
Back to where I started from

I wanna go back
Where I started from
Take me home