Say goodbye to the old street
That never cared much for you anyway
The different-colored doorways

You thought would let you in one day
Goodbye to the old bus stop, frozen and waiting
The weekend edition has this town way overrated


You walk across a baseball field
The grass has turned to straw

A flock of birds tries to fly away from where you are
Goodbye, goodbye, goodbye old friend
I can't make you stay

I can't spend another ten years
Wishing you would anyway


How the sky turns to fire against a telephone wire
And even I'm getting tired of useless desires


Every day I take a bitter pill that gets me on my way
For the little aches and pains
The ones I have from day to day

To help me think a little less about the things I miss
To help me not to wonder how I ended up like this


I walk down to the railroad track and ride a rusty train
With a million other faces I shoot through the city veins
Goodbye, goodbye, goodbye old friend

You wanted to be free
Somewhere beyond the bitter end is where I want to be


How the sky turns to fire against a telephone wire
And even I'm getting tired of useless desires


Say goodbye to the old building
That never tried to know your name
Goodbye, goodbye, goodbye old friend

You won't be seeing me again
Goodbye to all the windowpanes shining in the sun
Like diamonds on a winter day

Goodbye, goodbye to everyone

How the sky turns to fire against a telephone wire

Burns the last of the day down
And I'm the last one hangin' around
Waiting on a train track, and the train never comes back

And even I'm getting tired of useless desires