Lyrics

come back to me
come back to me
come back to me

I was calling on the telephone
I was trying but there was no one home
It was getting dark you were so all alone
were you waiting for someone to arrive

Boys like us from towns like these
Have to struggle against a mighty breeze
Blessed and cursed to see what no one sees
That these streets are where your heart will always be

come back to me
come back to me
come back to me

There's a meanness in this world you know
It hides in places where it should never grow
It beats you quickly but it kills you slow
and leaves you with nothing you can hold


I keep my cuts within an eighth of an inch
I take my lumps and learned to never flinch
Still cry for mama when I'm in a pinch
Will I ever learn how to live alone

A shadow's shadow is back to the light
I have trouble sleeping almost every night
Too scared of losing everything in sight
I'm holding on but the holding won't do

come back to me
come back to me
come back to me

And like a dream I saw you in the fog, you were dying
And your mouth was dropped open, you were calm, you were crying

And I was with you, at the bottom of the well of your heart
And as it all fell away from your eyes, I heard you say

come back to me
come back to me
come back to me