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Just Like Downtown
Carrie Newcomer
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I grew up on an island
Somewhere near Chicago
Learned how to talk tough
Just like downtown
You can drive to the lake
And it sure seemed to me
That it smelled like fresh water
But it felt like the sea
That's right
It's so long now
You cannot fight this thing anyhow
You run fast
You try so hard
But you can't shake the ache
Or the lake of who you are
There was nothing to do
But to shut up and drive to the water
Down the back roads to the south of the resites
Some girls got through high school
Some never will
Some walked with a hunger
They never would fill
That's right
It's so long now
You cannot fight this thing anyhow
You run fast
You try so hard
But you can't shake the ache
Or the lake of who you are
So you can cough out the city
You can change your old clothes
You can soften your accent
So nobody knows
But whenever I'm lost
Something in me
Still looks for fresh water
That feels like the sea
That's right
It's so long now
You cannot fight this thing anyhow
You run fast
You try so hard
But you can't shake the ache
Or the lake of who you are
And I close my eyes
And I can still see
That no one forgets
What it's like to be
And who it is to be
So if you see me inclining
When no one is speaking
If you sense that I'm wandering
Somewhere in my mind
If you listen real close
You might hear the whisper or see
How the sun sets on the lake
And the shine and the shine
That's right
It's so long now
You cannot fight this thing anyhow
You run fast
You try so hard
But you can't shake the ache
Or the lake of who you are
I grew up on an island
Somewhere near Chicago
Learned how to talk tough
Just like downtown