Ruin comes to beauty, almost inevitably And now this I see right here at home In the U.S.A things get worse each day I hope I'm not too late to pack my things and go Where I wanna be is not where you'd expect They have a place for me down on Nieuwe Binnenweg Is this real life or just the way I am I long for The Netherlands And I want to go, back Back to Rotterdam ♪ Never felt like a stranger, never felt in danger Ever since I came here I only felt at peace Back home some have to fight, yeah just to survive Why do they have to die instead of being free? I know someday the world will come to an end And I'm going to watch it burn from in another land Is this real life or just the way I am I long for The Netherlands And I want to go, back Back to Rotterdam ♪ I know someday the world will come to an end But I'm gonna watch it burn from in another land Is this real life Or just the way I am I long for The Netherlands Boys and I want to go, back Back to Rotterdam (Yeah) To Rotterdam Back to Rotterdam (Ooohh) Back to Rotterdam