Up around 95, sailing down Storrow Drive

Left exit into Kenmore Square

Slowed down when I got there

And that's when it was crystal clear

It wasn't there, it wasn't where

I left it, when I left it

I want my city back

Back the way it used to be

I want it back the way it was

I looked around and found

This doesn't feel like my hometown

And I don't like the way it does

Stepped out to take a closer look

Held in with every step I took

The sadness I felt just to look around

I looked up to the Citgo Sign

You used to be a friend of mine

Do you agree with me at one time

This was once such sacred ground

I want my city back

Back the way it used to be

I want it back the way it was

I looked around and found

This doesn't feel like my hometown

And I don't like the way it does feel, feel

How should I feel when the place

Where I first learned I could feel

Is no longer where I left it

When I left it not so long ago

How should I feel? [x3]

Well I don't know

( I want my city back

Back the way it used to be

I want it back the way it was

I looked around and found

This doesn't feel like my hometown

And I don't like the way it does feel [x2] )