Going where nobody says hello
Don't go back to Rockville
Don't go back to Rockville
And waste another year
If you were here I'd only bleed you

Don't go back to Rockville
Don't go back to Rockville
That's full time filth with nowhere left to go
But everybody else in town only wants to bring you down
Going to a place that's far, so far away
At night I drink myself to sleep and pretend

Sit around at night all by yourself
Don't go back to Rockville

And waste another year

But something better happen soon
Don't go back to Rockville

It's not as though I really need you
And waste another year
All my problems if I'm too far out to see
Don't go back to Rockville
Walk home to an empty house
Don't go back to Rockville

You'll be coming back before too long
Don't go back to Rockville
And if that's not enough
You'll wind up in some factory
Don't go back to Rockville
'Cause it's so much easier to handle
Though it might sound strange but I believe

Or it's gonna be too late to bring me back

You'll be coming back before too long
Don't go back to Rockville
They don't talk to anybody they don't know

So don't go back to Rockville
I don't care that you're not here with me

And that's not how it ought to be
And waste another year
Oh, I know it might sound strange but I believe