Drove home a few hours ago with a lot on my mind
For once some positive remembrances of time
But I returned to window shopping online
Not only items but a girl I could find
Obeying speeding limitations were bust
Down Oakwood Manor with the rockers and punks
And though I didn’t get to utilize lust
I found a home away from home
In the dusty streets
Where they call my name
Said “It’s nice too meet you,
Traveler all the same
We don’t care where you’re from
We don’t care what you do
We just wanna relax
And hang out with you.”
Sweet scents of thunderstorms don’t smell quite the same
When you’ve got no one here to embrace the rain
The parties suddenly became less strange
When you’ve got people that will hear what you say
Everybody’s got a vice that they have
It doesn’t irritate me nearly as bad
As over here and I just wanna go back
And be content with everything
In the dusty streets
Where they call my name
Said “It’s nice too meet you,
Traveler all the same
We don’t care where you’re from
We don’t care what you do
We just wanna relax
And hang out with you.”
Nothing matters at all
When you’re hours from home
But you feel like you’re far
From the place that you’ve known
Better than where you live
Where you used to have friends
And I wish I could go
Right now back there again
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