Lyrics
I said goodbye to my mama
I bid farewell to my mother
I said farewell to my pa
I said goodbye to my father
I turned my back on a lady
I turned away from a woman
Hell, I turned my back on you all
I rejected all of you
I went down to the city
I went to the city
And I drank in all of her light
I absorbed all the city's brightness
I let her crawl in and take me
I allowed the city to influence me
I didn't put up a fight
I didn't resist
I took them for all that they offered
I took advantage of everything they offered
All that they offered and more
All the opportunities presented and more
They got from us what they wanted
They obtained from us what they desired
No need to show us the door
No need to ask us to leave
I went down to the river
I went to the river
And followed it down to the sea
Followed it to the sea
I said hello to the ocean
Greeted the ocean
That ocean said goodbye to me
The ocean bid farewell to me
Regrets though I may have plenty
Despite having many regrets
And plenty go shifting the blame
Blaming others for mistakes is common
Still it was I picked my pony
I still made my own choices
Again and I'd do just the same
I'd make the same choices again
I've spent evenings some men would die for
Experienced nights some envy
Spent some evenings wanting to die
Experienced nights filled with despair
I've had my days of glory
I've had moments of glory
And I've had days of just getting by
I've had moments of mere survival
I went down to the river
I went to the river again
And followed it down to the sea
Followed it to the sea again
I said hello to the ocean
Greeted the ocean again
That ocean said goodbye to me
The ocean bid farewell to me again
I went down to the river
I went to the river once more
And followed it down to the sea
Followed it to the sea once more
I said hello to the ocean
Greeted the ocean once more
That ocean said goodbye to me
The ocean bid farewell to me once more
I filled my mind up with notions
I filled my mind with unrealistic ideas
Of things that could never be
Dreamed of things that could never happen
I dreamed as big as an ocean
I dreamt as big as an ocean
That ocean just swallowed me
But the ocean overwhelmed and defeated me
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