Verse 1
Same old faces, same old places
Funny I believed we’d be running new races
Main street gossip like it’s breaking news
Everybody got a headline ’about me and you
Pre-Chorus
Trying to move on when I’m stuck in one spot
Like swimming upstream with the water running dry
They keep score of every rumor they find
It's washing over me like sand and dust
But they don’t know what’s going on in my mind
Chorus
Small town syndrome, boxes and spaces
Everybody labeling, saving their graces
So typical and cynical, nothing’s ever new
If it weren’t for this town, I’d be over you
Same old faces, stuck in their phases
Still talking like they’re going places
Oh it hits so true
If it weren’t for this town, I’d be over you
Over you
Over you
Verse 2
Making life small just to fit in it all
Dim my light down so I don’t stand tall
Smile on cue, play the part they wrote
But I’m choking on every word in my throat
Feeling like a tumble here is my fall
Pre-Chorus
Trying to move on when I’m stuck in one lane
Like running in circles in yesterday’s stain
They say tomorrow is a new day
they never change
I’m out of range now
So I will leave and take a bow
Hook
Keep your small town
We will see who is the clown when I'm no longer wearing your frown
So keep your small town