[Verse 1]

Looking at you

r watch a thir

d time
             
waiting in the

              
 station for t

             
he bus

Going to a pla

ce that's far,
             
so far away an

              
d if that's no

              
t enough
            
Going where no

          
body says hell

#
o,
           
they don't tal

             
k to anybody t

                    
hey don't know

You'll wind up

 in some facto

ry
             
that's full ti

              
me filth and n

              
owhere left to

            
 go

Walk home to a

n empty house,
             
sit around all

                            
 by yourself
             
I know it migh

             
t sound strang

        
e but I believ

e
           
You'll be comi

            
ng back before

                
 too long

[Chorus]
             
Don't go back 

        
to Rockville,
             
don't go back 

      
to Rockville,
             
don't go back 

       
to Rockville

And waste anot

her year

[Verse 2]

At night I dri

nk myself to s

leep and prete

nd
             
I don't care t

              
hat you're not

              
 here with me

'Cause it's so

 much easier t

o handle
             
All my problem

              
s if I'm too f

              
ar out to sea
             
But something 

             
better happen 

   
soon
           
Or it's gonna 

              
be too late to

           
 bring you bac

        
k

[Chorus]
             
Don't go back 

        
to Rockville,
             
don't go back 

      
to Rockville,
             
don't go back 

       
to Rockville

And waste anot

her year

[Bridge]
             
It's not as th

              
ough I really 

           
need you
             
If you were he

             
re I'd only bl

          
eed you
        
But everybody 

           
else in town o

           
nly wants to b

         
ring you down 

and
             
That's not how

             
 it ought to b

e
             
Well I know it

             
 might sound s

            
trange but I b

    
elieve
           
You'll be comi

            
ng back before

                
 too long

[Chorus]
             
Don't go back 

        
to Rockville
             
don't go back 

      
to Rockville
             
don't go back 

       
to Rockville

And waste anot

her year

             
Don't go back 

        
to Rockville
             
don't go back 

      
to Rockville
             
don't go back 

       
to Rockville

And waste anot

her year