They don't talk to anybody they don't know
At night I drink myself to sleep and pretend
Don't go back to Rockville
I don't care that you're not here with me
Don't go back to Rockville
Going where nobody says hello
Don't go back to Rockville
It's not as though I really need you
All my problems if I'm too far out to see
Don't go back to Rockville
But something better happen soon
Don't go back to Rockville
You'll be coming back before too long
And if that's not enough
Though it might sound strange but I believe
Walk home to an empty house
So don't go back to Rockville
Don't go back to Rockville
And waste another year
And waste another year
You'll wind up in some factory
Oh, I know it might sound strange but I believe
But everybody else in town only wants to bring you down
If you were here I'd only bleed you
Don't go back to Rockville
Sit around at night all by yourself
Or it's gonna be too late to bring me back
Going to a place that's far, so far away
And waste another year
'Cause it's so much easier to handle
That's full time filth with nowhere left to go
Don't go back to Rockville
Don't go back to Rockville
You'll be coming back before too long
Don't go back to Rockville
And that's not how it ought to be
Don't go back to Rockville
