On the corner of Hope and Forsaken Streets There's a house where a little girl lives She's been waiting alone for her dad to come home And make good on the promise he gives But he's busy downtown on Besotted Street In a tavern he visits each day He's been drowning his sins in tequila and gin While the whole world just washes away And he feels alone And he doesn't know Why he can't control his own life any more So he runs away And he comes to stay Where he feels at home In the town at the end of the world His mind is lost on Anguish Avenue As he summons his strength not to cry While his girl is alone when he doesn't come home And she still doesn't understand why That he feels alone And he doesn't know Why he can't control his own life any more So he runs away And he comes to stay Where he feels at home In the town at the end of the world He thinks the best of his life has gone by But all the things worth living for Are in front of his eyes And over the hill on Nostalgia Way There's a woman that he used to love She is wondering how he is doing right now And if she's someone he's thinking of And she feels alone And she doesn't know Why she can't control her own life any more So she runs away And she comes to stay Where she feels at home In the town at the end of the world