Matt Pless - In The Past Tense lyrics

Heading back to my hometown Been a while since I've been round They tore all the playgrounds down And built up dollar bills Knocking on your old front door Visit friends from way before But they don't answer anymore There's so much space to fill And I'm trying to drive the memories From eyes that beg to cry I traded my security for open highway skies And if Father Time was Peter Pan The wind may not have took my hand No point trying to understand Cause I ain't coming back again Traced my footprints back today Wondered if I should have stayed Makes no difference anyway Cause nothing stays the same Been around this whole wide world Still can't shake that hometown girl But she grew up and married Earl And done forgot my name Cause lately I've been falling through the holes inside my shoes An empty pocket doesn't mean you got nothing to lose Yeah, the years roll by, the wheels turn fast You can't reverse the hourgla** No point trying to catch the past Cause it ain't coming back again Someone told me long ago "Youth's the emerald of the soul Live it up before you're old Cause I was once like you" I looked up at him and smiled Back then I still had a while But I walked a thousand miles And now I know the truth People take for granted all the stagnant times they shared I bet you one day you'll look back and wish that you were there Yeah, the page is filled, the story's told My hometown breeze is blowing cold See ya somewhere on the road Cause I ain't coming back again I'll see ya somewhere on the road Cause I ain't coming back again No, I ain't coming back again No, I ain't coming back again