Neighborhood of You

Yesterday I walked that way,
the first time in so long,
and I don’t even know if you still live there
But I couldn’t look away,
it took me back to the days
when we would pull those window shades 
and I would be there
I’d be deep inside your eyes 
and you’d be deep inside my heart
And everything would seem so perfectly believable.
I lost everything I had when I lost myself in you
and then I lost the chance to add to all my 
memories of you
Cuz everything got so fucked up
I guess we’re better off this way
I hope some other guy is pulling shut your window 
shades these days.

I didn’t mean to stare 
but still I kept on standing there
If I came back some afternoon 
maybe I’d see inside your room
I recall the posters on your wall
and how your bed sank from our weight
and the CDs you let me tape,
music that nowadays I hardly ever listen to,
cuz even though it’s pretty cool, 
to tell the truth,
it makes me think of you.

This neighborhood of you
I don’t know why I came by 
this neighborhood of you
I can’t say what brought me back, 
this neighborhood of you
And I don’t think that I’ll be back,
this neighborhood of you

Yesterday I walked that way,
the first time in so long,
And I don’t even know if you still live there
But it doesn’t really matter anymore
cuz I’m not angry anymore
I guess that means my heart is cured
From when you broke it in that room above,
behind the window shades 
of the nice suburban house that I just 
happend to walk right by yesterday.

This neighborhood of you
I don’t know why I came by
this neighborhood of you
I can’t say what brought me back, 
this neighborhood of you
And I don’t think that I’ll be back, 
this neighborhood of you,
No, I don’t think that I’ll be back, 
this neighborhood of you.

~ 1998