Small town girl, small town girl
Passed by empty parks on corners in a small town world
Do the streets of New York City hold some triumph in your mind
And does liberty, our lady, find in you a soul in kind
People change, frostbitten petals curl,
Did you want some other promise, small town girl
In a search for liberation
All god's children in the wind
Will a small town congregation cast you out or let you in
Chorus
No you don't have to say it
I know where I go astray
It was gonna go down anyway
I only wish that I could've known what I know now today
As a boy, as a boy
Well I was just so serious, as a boy
And the streets of New York City,
Shook me right down to my core
Now I've been battered scared and broken
But I'm not scared anymore
No you don't have to say it
I know where I go astrayed
It was gonna go down anyway
I only wish that I could have know what I know now today
Instrumental
Yeah yeahhh
Da da dada da da da
Da da dada da da da
Oooh oooh oooh
No you don't have to say it...
I know where I go astray
No you don't have to say it
I know where I go astray
It was gonna go down anyway
I only wish that I could have known what I know now today
I only wish that I could have known what I know now today
I only wish that I could have known what I know now today