intro: Em G (x2) Em G There stood the fence that penned me in when I was younger Em G This was the house where we all stayed Em G There was a tree we used to hang out under Em G This was the place where I played A Em7 But now that's gone so I have to wonder A Em7 Is it worth the price we pay? A Em7 A long range test has put us under A -stop- Em G Em G And made us go away, go away... Em G This was the town where all my friends and I had grown up Em G The only place I've ever known Em G A long gray street with some houses built on it Em G Less than perfect but it was home A Em7 Now it's gone and I curse it in my darkness A Em7 This is the cross I have to bear A Em7 We pay the price of our own injustice A -stop- We made us go nowhere Em G Em Go nowhere, nowhere solo repeat intro Em G This was our earth our garden of eden Em G Took what we could and left her there bleeding Em G And what became of the hopes and the dreams Em G Did they die with us 'cause that's how it seems A Em7 Here comes the rain can't you taste the acid? A Em7 Or has it left you numb? A Em7 This is the moral to the story I offer A -stop- Can you hear me son... Em G Or have you gone away Em G Away Em G fades Away
