Lyrics:

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?
But now

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?
How should i feel?
How should I feel?
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

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
I want it back 'cause I don't like the way it's making me feel