happened all of a sudden one night in the rain
she drove the car to the city limit sign and she never came back again
and in a town where no one leaves and nobody runs
everybody found it hard to believe it could ever be said or done

now she walks like she's young again
and she talks like she's gone insane
they say how could someone with half a brain
ever leave here
ever leave here

you spend a lifetime believing you're not allowed to ride
and you last days beating up yourself for the things that you never tried
and sometimes you're a saviour, sometimes you're a king
but in the end when they put you in the ground well it doesn't mean a thing

except you walk like you're young again
and you talk like you've gone insane
oh if you had half a brain
you wouldn't leave here
you wouldn't leave here

they say i'd rather die here, maybe i would
why do i lie here in this neighborhood
where they do what they're told and not what they should, they don't do what they should

they say that she walks like she's young again
and she talks like she's gone insane
anyone with any brains
wouldn't leave here
how could anybody live, how could anybody live

why would you want to walk like you're young again
talk just like you've gone insane
they say go if you've got any brains
you wouldn't leave here
you wouldn't leave here
and she never came back again