In a Lake

I′d never live in a small town

I've made too many mistakes

For where you gotta write your book early

Or it gets written up in your place

Where you never get away from your first love

It′s like one brand of soap's sold in town

'Cause anyone you can get close to

Smells like your first time around

But in a lake, you can backstroke forever

The sky before you, the dark right behind

And in a big city, you can start over

And everywhere you go makеs your heart ache

When you′vе done enough walks of shame

Some days, you just go the long way

To stay off of memory lane

So I′d never live in a small town

I'm slow to learn all the rules

I′ve tried very hard to be good

But when they think you're bad, people act worse

But in a lake, you can backstroke forever

The sky before you, and the dark behind you

And in a big city, you can start over

The lights all around you, the dark safe in sight

In a big city, you can start over