Raise your head up, don't let it fall down
Never thought you'd miss your small town
Drove to your home with the top down
Drove to your home but you weren't around
Wash your hands, you've been in the ground
You gotta like good when you are found
Make it look like it wasn't hard at all
Wipe the blood off, stand up real tall
Where did the dream go, when I was a kid
The moon on the snow, the pain I was in
Hey, I'm not crying anymore
Now, even though nothing's changed from before
Don't you know I'm not a Los Angeles boy
I grew up in a place called Illinois
The streets of LA are empty now
I walked up to your bedroom window in the night
In the middle of the night
Then I saw ya, your head hanging down
Let's drive away and stay the night in a small town
Where we won't have to leave
Where did the dream go, when I was a kid
The moon on the snow, the pain I was in
Hey, I'm not crying anymore
Now, even though nothing's changed from before
Don't you know I'm not a Los Angeles boy
I grew up in a place called Illinois