I go by my mother's house
It's all boarded up
The school I went to
Ain't nothin' but a sea of rubble
The church I was married in
Them bells, they don't ring no more
The choir don't sing no more
The preacher don't preach no more
That's just the way things are
That's just the way it is now
In the same old streets I grew up in
That's just the way things are
That's just the way it is now
In the same old streets I grew up in
I walk through the cemetery
It's all empty now
I put a rose on the grave
Of the fallen hero
I look out into the wild
All I see is emptiness
So much loneliness
I just want forgiveness
That's just the way things are
That's just the way it is now
In the same old streets I grew up in
That's just the way things are
That's just the way it is now
In the same old streets I grew up in
That's just the way things are
That's just the way it is now
In the same old streets I grew up in
That's just the way things are
That's just the way it is now
In the same old streets I grew up in
I grew up in
I grew up in
I grew up in
In the same old streets I grew up in