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] )