Jim Patton and Sherry Brokus - Never Going Back

Never Going Back

I headed out to L.A.
My guitar across my back
A sleeping bag I stole from Mom
And a borrowed old knapsack
You and I had reached an end
I knew that for a fact
I didn’t really know how else to act
So I'm not ever going back
Although I miss you so my friend
I'm never going back to you again

Every town I been
I like the people there a lot
But the winters are too cold there
Or the summertime's too hot
Sometimes I’d like to go back home
But last time we just fought
I don’t know if you'd talk to me or not
So I'm not ever going back
Although I miss you so my friend
I'm never going back to you again

I made a couple dollars
In a bar the other day
Thought I’d buy a Greyhound ticket
Ride it back the other way
Lord knows I'd like to see ya,
But I don't know what I'd say
Ain't it funny how the words just slip away?
So I'm not ever going back
Although I miss you so my friend
I'm never going back to you again

I had a dream about you
As though our love was new
And everyone was happy
Underneath that August moon
Thought about you laughing
Even wrote some songs for you
Thought about how dreams can come untrue
And I'm not ever going back
Although I miss you so my friend
I'm never going back to you again

I'll be moving on tomorrow
I'll be wandering round the bend
No one here will notice
When I vanish in the wind
You might not recognize me
I’ve changed so much since then
But I’m guessing you’d still know the man I am
But I'm not ever going back
Although I miss you so my friend
I'm never going back to you again
No, I'm never going back
Although I miss you so my friend
I'm never going back
Never going back
I'm never going back to you again

© words and music by Jim Patton and Phil Leonard