By Joel Shaw
Finished January 1994

Walking through the park in the afternoon
As the cars race by on the avenue
It's a beautiful day but I've run out of things to do

It's same old, same old, every day in this town
The place is growing but there's no one around
I'd like to leave but I hear that it isn't allowed

(Chorus)
Everybody just sits and stares
And nobody cares
No one dares
Disturb the silent, solemn, solitude, slumbers that they wear

I've got to find someplace safe to hide
Someplace warm, someplace fortified
Somewhere away from this boring monotonous life

(Chorus)
Please don't worry when I go astray
I won't get lost today
There ain't no way
This town is crazy you can go where you want and you will end up in the same old place

It's never going to change

I've got to take the next train out of here
There hasn't been one in thirty-one years
I'm watching closely as my life slowly disappears

(Chorus)
"Don't hide your secrets, boy, for too long
You might get them wrong
Forget what's going on"
Hey listen to me old man I know exactly what's going on
And it's been going on much too long
And by the time you catch up with me I'm going to be long gone