Downtown dances past my window As the full moon hits my eye Past the factory and over the railroad tracks I'm doing sixty in a forty five All my coming and going Hasn't gotten me anywhere I thought I was moving But I'm still here (In this) Nowhere town, this nowhere town Where people dream of the stars But they wake up on the ground I ain't got no excuses I ain't got no alibis You know I sure wish I did 'Cause it'd be so much easier to lie I was gonna be somebody I had pockets full of plans But somebody somewhere must of stole them 'Cause here I am (In this) Nowhere town, this nowhere town Where people dream of the stars But they wake up on the ground They talk of leavin' while they hang around This place is just a nowhere town Someday things will change Just as soon as that day comes I'm gonna set sail out on the highway And I'm gonna run from this (In this) Nowhere town, this nowhere town Where people dream of the stars But they wake up on the ground They talk of leavin' while they hang around This place is just a nowhere town