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Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
Mike Mills
Bass Guitar
Peter Buck
Guitar
Michael Stipe
Lead Vocals
Bill Berry
Drums
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
William Berry
Songwriter
Peter Buck
Songwriter
Mike Mills
Songwriter
Michael Stipe
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Mitch Easter
Producer
Don Dixon
Producer
Lyrics
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 no one they don't know
You'll wind up in some factory
That's full of 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
Don't go back to Rockville
Don't go back to Rockville
Don't go back to Rockville
And waste another year
At night I drink myself to sleep
Pretend I don't care if 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
Don't go back to Rockville
Don't go back to Rockville
Don't go back to Rockville
And waste another year
It's not as though I really need you
If you were here I'd only bleed you
But everyone in town only wants to bring you down
And that's how it's supposed to be
I know it might sound strange but I believe
You'll be coming back before too long
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
Writer(s): Peter Lawrence Buck, Michael E. Mills, John Michael Stipe, William Thomas Berry
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