Story Behind The Song
Moving to Los Angeles from Missouri and missing small town life, family, and friends. And yet, I'm still here in LA!
Song Description
Small town boy in the big city, wanting to go home.
| Song Length |
3:48 |
Genre |
Country - Rock, Pop - Rock |
| Tempo |
Medium Slow (91 - 110) |
Lead Vocal |
Male Vocal |
| Mood |
Poignant, Heartbreaking |
Subject |
Regret, Loneliness |
| Similar Artists |
John Cougar Mellencamp, Bruce Springsteen |
Language |
English |
| Era |
1990 - 1999 |
| |
Lyrics
"Back to Where I Started"
Sitting at the table of a local dive with a friend of mine
He looked off in the distance and his smile ran away
Said "this ain't no kind of life"
'Cuz every day he's sittin' in a sea of traffic lights, flashin' red
Chokin' on the smog, cloudin' his head and now he wants to get out
'Cuz the opportunity that he's here for never came
And he don't wanna live here and keep on playin' this game, he said
CHORUS:
I wanna go back to where I started from
Back to the one that I used to love
No more runnin' 'cuz there's nowhere to go
Back to the place I was born
Back to where I started from
He looks down at the danger and the years of decay
From a window that he calls home
Children playin in the street take hiim back and he feels so alone
He's sick of this town, yeah he's had more than his fill
He said he's gonna leave but you know he never will
CHORUS
I said goodbye to my old friend and drove away in the cool of night
I saw some painted words on a building up ahead in the pale moonlight
Maybe I was dreamin', but I could swear it said
CHORUS
Written by Greg Nicholson
(c) 1994 Greggie Boy's Music, BMI