[Verse 1]

When I was younger you said to me

Love songs are for lovers

And not for you

So go and write the world the blues

So as I sit down with a pen in my hand

A heartless kid became a broken man

And I knew

I gotta get out of here too

[Pre-Chorus]

The city lights are calling me

And I am not afraid

The streets are paved with heroes

And they're calling out my name

[Chorus]

So baby let me run away

I'll make my own destiny

Cause this town is killing me

Silently tonight

And baby you can tell it's strange

I'm the boy who got away

Cause this town will murder us

Forget your boyfriend

Fuck suburbia

[Verse 2]

When I was younger you said to me

A white picket fence and a well-groomed man is right

Now go and find yourself a wife

And in all of the cities in all of the world

With all of the money and all of the girls

In the night

Cannot get you off my mind

[Pre-Chorus]

The highway lights are broken

Like we're one step closer to God

I live for words I've spoken

And I hate them just because

[Chorus]

So baby let me run away

I'll make my own destiny

Cause this town is killing me

Silently tonight

And baby you can tell it's strange

I'm the boy who got away

Cause this town will murder us

Forget your boyfriend

Fuck suburbia

[Chorus]

So baby let me run away

I'll make my own destiny

Cause this town is killing me

Silently tonight

And baby you can tell it's strange

I'm the boy who got away

Cause this town will murder us

Forget your boyfriend

Fuck suburbia

Fuck suburbia

Fuck suburbia