[Intro] 

   
    


[Verse 1]

             
The golden gro

              
ves are lined 

          
with affluence

 and roses,
             
But the baghea

              
ds down by Cen

              
tral Station a

     
re closer to w

here home is.
             
It can be grim

              
 and send you 

 
West from time

 to time,
              
Yeah, this pla


ce is such a s

hipwreck,
             
But this shipw

            
reck, it is mi

 
ne.


[Hook]

           
Day by day we 

             
grew to love t


his place,
            
And where I ma

             
ke my grave, m

        
y anchor lays.


[Chorus]

             
I've been wast

      
ing away,
             
But in a town 

              
with no way ou

              
t, there's not

           
 much else to 

    
do anyway,
             
If you're look

              
ing for a plac

       
e to decay, 
             
Then there wil

              
l always be a 

             
place in my to

          
wn called reve

lry.


[Verse 2]


I've seen a pu

nch or two,

Narrowly escap

ed a few,
            
And if you can

             
 get the day o

            
ff, I could sh

              
ow you a view.

I remember the

 football game

s,

The first time

 that I got la

id,
            
And the time J

             
 broke his fin

             
ger drinking b

     
y the lake.


[Hook]

           
Day by day we 

             
grew to love t


his place,
            
And where I ma

             
ke my grave, m

        
y anchor lays.
             
The sound of m

              
y youth echoes

        
 out through t

hese empty str

eets,
             
I guess I can'

        
t kick up the 

roots;
            
It's home, and

             
 that's the tr


uth.


[Chorus]

             
I've been wast

      
ing away,
             
But in a town 

              
with no way ou

              
t, there's not

           
 much else to 

    
do anyway,
             
If you're look

              
ing for a plac

       
e to decay, 
             
Then there wil

              
l always be a 

             
place in my to

          
wn called reve

lry.


[Chorus]

             
I've been wast

      
ing away,
             
But in a town 

              
with no way ou

              
t, there's not

           
 much else to 

    
do anyway,
             
If you're look

              
ing for a plac

       
e to decay, 
             
Then there wil

              
l always be a 

             
place in my to

          
wn called reve

lry.

             
I'm not stuck 

      
I'm staying,
              
Yeah I said, I

             
'm not stuck I

      
'm staying.
              
And if you've 

            
got sorrows to

             
 drown and the

            
 bottom's wher

           
e you're bound

,
            
You will alway

             
s have a place

            
 in my town ca

        
lled revelry.