Key: F
Introduction:
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Main Street U S A boarded up and dry
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Knowin' what once was here just makes me wanna cry
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Used to be the favorite place here
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Now what remains are memories even time cannot erase
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Old man Johnson's store where we grew up too fast
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All that remains today are echoes from the past
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Used to be a boomin' town yeah
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Now all that's left is either broken up or broken down
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Singing Oh ah oh ah oh ah oh
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Where we used to belong
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There ain't nobody home
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Said Oh ah oh ah oh ah oh
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You can knock all you want
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But ain't nobody home
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Packed up moved away runnin' from the past
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Leavin' behind the dusty dreams and broken glass
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Used to be a busy town now
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Now everybody passes through but they don't stick around
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Singing Oh ah oh ah oh ah oh
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Where we used to belong
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There ain't nobody home
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Said Oh ah oh ah oh ah oh
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You can knock all you want
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But ain't nobody home
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Oh was a news stand on the corner
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Right next to the barber shop
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And down the street there
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That's where all the kids would stop
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And they would tease the neighbor's bulldog
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Laugh and run away
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Now there's no one left who knows the truth in what you say
Interlude
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Now everybody passes through but they don't stick around
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Singing Oh ah oh ah oh ah oh
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Where we used to belong
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There ain't nobody home
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Said Oh ah oh ah oh ah oh
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You can knock all you want
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But ain't nobody home
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Singing Oh ah oh ah oh ah oh
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Where we used to belong
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There ain't nobody home
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Talk all you want
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But ain't nobody home
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Knock all you want
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But ain't nobody home