You look out your window Out at your neighborhood You don't know if it might You don't know it if could It'd be such a shame if this whole place Burnt to a crisp Turn back into a child When you smell the fresh-cut lawn Feels like you're all the way back Where you first come from Run around til you're tired Just like it's what you used to do But oh, how the people have changed Oh, how they stayed just the same The air that I breathed since I was a kid Has gotten me high on a small-town wish There's plenty of dangers in the theaters and the books So burn all the witches Lock up all the crooks You wonder where it hell it could have all went wrong Still wake up in the morning wincing at the clock Neighbor still walks the same damn dog Round and round the block I swear to God the water's fine It's just a touch of lead But oh, you know we're doing just fine You know it's been this way all the time A place of transgressions, erased from the maps Never again am I ever going back Oh, ain't it a shame Oh, ain't that a shame Ain't it shame Oh babe, ain't it a shame