Boomerang Town

I was working at the supermart, when I fell for Julie, knocked her up Like everybody said I would The day I turned sixteen I got that job, I couldn't wait to buy a car, save enough Leave this town for good In August I asked Julie if she'd run away, she said she wanted to wait til May to graduate She'd be the first in her family, so I stayed behind Thought she could get a scholarship to college, become a nurse, travel the world But all that took a backseat when we saw those double lines As for me, the only dream I've ever had Is gettin' out of this boomerang town You think you're soarin', you think you're flyin' Too young to know there's no use tryin' You spin in circles, round and round In this boomerang town It's a boomerang town Julie got a GED and a job off 35, the only joint in town that's open all night The diner next to the seminary She serves the truckers, the troubadours, the punks The college kids who trash their booths all stoned and drunk Who always pay, but never tip with Daddy's money Julie and I come from similar kin, heavy drinkers, quick to angers, fists to skin They all live and die here That won't be us, I swore to her, I promise you we'll see the world I just don't know when As for me, the only dream I've ever had Is gettin' out of this boomerang town You think you're soarin', you think you're flyin' Too young to know there's no use tryin' You spin in circles, round and round In this boomerang town It's a boomerang town After her shift she lights a smoke up on the bridge, under the billboard painted Jesus Lives Julie steps over the rail, thinks about salvation The sun arrives and collides with the steeple, casts a shadow over God's most desperate people Julie takes it as a sign, lets go, and starts flyin' As for me, the only dream I've ever had Is gettin' out of this boomerang town It feels like soarin', It feels like flyin' Now I know it's only dyin' You spin in circles, round and round In this boomerang town