Carrie Newcomer - Just Like Downtown lyrics

I grew up on an island Somewhere near Chicago Learned how to talk rough Just like downtown You could drive to the lake And it sure seemed to me It smelled like fresh water But it felt like the sea That's right it's so long now You cannot fight this thing any old how You can run fast, you can 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 backroads To the south and east sides 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 any old how You can run fast, you can try so hard But you can't shake the ache or the lake of Who you are You can cough out the city You can change your old clothes You can soften your accent So nobody knows But whenever I'm honest 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 any old how You can run fast, you can try so hard But you can't shake the ache or the lake of Who you are I close my eyes And I can still see That no one forgets What it's like to be Who it is to be 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 sunsets on the lake could shine and shine That's right it's so long now You cannot fight this thing any old how You can run fast, you can 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