Patti Scialfa - You Can't Go Back Lyrics
New York City, 1988standing in the Chelsea rainwith a small suitcaseI used to walk invisibleand the only time I felt recognizedwas when I saw myself reflectedin your loving eyesnow Im looking for a piece of my paston these streets that I once knew butHey hey, you cant go backhey hey, you cant go backNow I used to have the kind of luckthat went from bad to worsea gypsy on the waterfrontshe told me I was cursedshe said no ones young foreverwell I just laughedI turned to leave around the cornerand the years went pastnow Im looking for a piece of myselfon the same streets that I once knew butHey hey, you cant go backhey hey, you cant go backHow can everything look so differenthow can everything look so the samethru an open window I hear a record playingWho will stop the rainNow theres a riverof faces in the tide of rise and falldo they wonder where we have gonedo they think of us at allwill they recognize us nowin those perfect clothes and gownsdo they wonder what were doing hereon this side of townHey hey, you cant go backhey hey, you cant go back
