Drivin' up the coast
To find a version of the truth
Left the backdoor swinging

Like a dirty little sleuth

The truth is I have never

Felt half this alive
Now it's time to dance
Upon the grave called 45


Jacked up on some Kerouac
And surely bullet proof

The girl who taught me what to do
Was missing her front tooth


Gentle as a storm
Inside your mental health
I wanna find the answer

But I just can't find myself

I say so long

To the way I played
The way I played
Inside of yesterday

Hey let's run around
The great escape
From out of my hometown


Later I would look for love
Inside a woman's dorm

A couch to keep me humble
And her breath to keep me warm


Ophelia was the girl
That I was feeling for
Come to realize

It was me who was the !@^%

A captain lost himself

Inside a 40 year old skull
The drink of choice was knowledge
And we always wanted more


Drunken sailors
Seeking their Geronimo

Instead they found the things
That they really didn't wanna know


I say so long
To the way I played
The way I played

Inside of yesterday
Hey let's run around
The great escape

From out of my hometown

Country roads

Would never let me stay
The way I played
Inside of yesterday


A devil's growl and cat's meow
Were blended into one

Termites called suburbanites
Were eating all the fun


A juggernaut of comedy
And blasphemy
I wanna stop the madness

But I think it has to be

I say so long

To the way I played
The way I played
Inside of yesterday

Hey let's run around
The great escape
From out of my hometown

Country roads

Would never let me stay
The way I played
Inside of yesterday

Hey let's run around

The great escape
From out of my hometown