[Verse 1]
Looking at your watch a third time, waiting in the station for the bus
Going to a place that's far, so far away and if that's not enough
Going where nobody says hello, they don't talk to anybody they don't know

[Verse 2]
You'll wind up in some factory that's full-time filth and nowhere left to go
Walk home to an empty house, sit around all by yourself
I know it might sound strange, but I believe you'll be coming back before too long

[Chorus]
Don't go back to Rockville
Don't go back to Rockville
Don't go back to Rockville
And waste another year

[Verse 3]
At night, I drink myself to sleep and pretend I don't care that you're not here with me
'Cause it's so much easier to handle all my problems if I'm too far out to sea
But something better happen soon or it's gonna be too late to bring you back

[Chorus]
Don't go back to Rockville
Don't go back to Rockville
Don't go back to Rockville
And waste another year
[Verse 4]
It's not as though I really need you
If you were here, I'd only bleed you
But everybody else in town only wants to bring you down and that's not how it ought to be
Well, I know it might sound strange, but I believe you'll be coming back before too long

[Chorus]
Don't go back to Rockville
Don't go back to Rockville
Don't go back to Rockville
And waste another year
Don't go back to Rockville
Don't go back to Rockville
Don't go back to Rockville
And waste another year