My mama always did her best for me
I grew up on a quiet street
Straight out of school up the woods barefeet
Having a smoke down the shop discreet
I wasn't bad but I wasn't that good
I didn't always do the things I should
Too loud too proud too rude
Full speed ahead down a dead end route.
And I don't wanna change
When I first left, home wasn't somewhere I could place
Now I'm on the train from Glasgow over to the west coast hey yeah
Walking down the street man I know every beat and face
Bring my memories round and round like a mixtape
You tell me
You've been gone for so long why don't you stay a while?
I miss carrying on like I was just a child.
Something about you makes me wish that I wasn't me.
I tell you
If I sit here a while will you just talk to me
I need time to remember what I'm doing here
Something about you makes me wish that I wasn't me.
I took a trip to the end of the street
I've been known for being indiscrete
Felt to me like I'd been gone for a week
But I was back home in time for my tea.
I had dreams of being far away
Making my path in a different way
Sometimes it's hard to appreciate
The things you have till they're gone away