Looking at your watch a third time
Waiting in the station for the bus
Going to a place that's far, so far away

And if that's not enough

Going where nobody says hello

They don't talk to anybody they don't know

You'll wind up in some factory

That's full time filth with nowhere left to go
Walk home to an empty house
Sit around at night all by yourself


Though it might sound strange but I believe
You'll be coming back before too long


So don't go back to Rockville
Don't go back to Rockville

Don't go back to Rockville
And waste another year


At night I drink myself to sleep and pretend
I don't care that you're not here with me
'Cause it's so much easier to handle

All my problems if I'm too far out to see

But something better happen soon

Or it's gonna be too late to bring me back

Don't go back to Rockville

Don't go back to Rockville
Don't go back to Rockville
And waste another year


It's not as though I really need you
If you were here I'd only bleed you

But everybody else in town only wants to bring you down
And that's not how it ought to be


Oh, I know it might sound strange but I believe
You'll be coming back before too long


Don't go back to Rockville
Don't go back to Rockville
Don't go back to Rockville

And waste another year

Don't go back to Rockville

Don't go back to Rockville
Don't go back to Rockville
And waste another year