[ original version by R.E.M. ]. Looking at your watch a third time waiting in the station for a bus. Going to a place that's far so far away and if that's not enough. Going where nobody says hello they don't talk to anybody they don't. know. You'll wind up in some factory that's full time filth and nowhere left. to go. Walk home to an empty house sit around all by yourself. I know it might sound strange but I believe. You'll be coming back before too long. Don't go back to Rockville. And waste another year. At night I drink myself to sleep and pretend. I don't care if you're not here with me. 'Cause it's so much easier to handle. All my problems if I'm too far out to sea. But something better happen soon. Or it's gonna be too late to bring you back. It's not as though I really need you. If you were here I'd only bleed you. But everybody else in town only wants to bring you down and. That's not how it ought to be. I know it might sound strange but I believe. You'll be coming back before too long.