Written by Glen Ballard & Siedah Garrett



Main street U.S.A boarded up and dry

Knowing what once was here just makes me want to cry

Used to be the favorite place, yeah

Now what remains are memories even time cannot erase



Old man Johnson's store, where we grew up too fast

All that remains today are echoes from the past

Used to be a booming town, yeah

Now all that's left is either broken up or broken down



Chorus:

Singing, oh ah, oh ah, oh ah, oh

Where we used to belong

There ain't nobody home

Said, oh ah, oh ah, oh ah, oh

You can knock all you want

But, ain't nobody home



Packed up, moved away, running from the past

Leaving behind the dusty dreams and broken glass

Used to be a busy town, yeah

Now everybody passes through, but they don't stick around



(Repeat Chorus)



Oh, was a newsstand on the corner

Right next to the barber shop

And down the street there

That's where all the kids would stop

And they would tease the neighbor's bulldog

And laugh and run away

And now there's no one left

Who knows the truth in what you say



Now everybody passes through, but they don't stick around



(Repeat Chorus)

Oh, oh, oh ah, oh ah, oh ah, oh

Where we used to belong

There ain't nobody home

Talk all you want

But, ain't nobody home

Knock all you want

But, ain't nobody home