Some take the train all the way to LA Some never get off the tracks I'd never thought I'd live to see the day I'd say: Goodbye, Carlsbad That was the roof where I smoked my first cigarette Praying I wouldn't get caught I'm still the ghost of that teenage silhouette Growing up's not what I thought Even long after I'm gone This town, those streets Hold a piece of me there Love-drunk, sixteen Oh, I promise, wherever I carry your heart with me I'll never be far, I'll never be far Hold on for now, it's not forever I swear I'll make you proud Oh, I promise, wherever I carry your heart with me I'll never be far, never be far from home Senior year, saying goodbye to Sage Creek Felt my heart break in those halls I asked out a girl and they laughed at me I swear, nobody talks like those walls First time I realized I wasn't invincible Broke a bone tryna show off Names on a cast, proof I wasn't invisible First taste of fame that I got Even long after I'm gone This town, those streets Hold a piece of me there Love-drunk, sixteen Oh, I promise, wherever I carry your heart with me I'll never be far, I'll never be far Hold on for now, it's not forever I swear I'll make you proud Oh, I promise, wherever I carry your heart with me I'll never be far, never be far from Home, home Home, home Wherever I carry your heart with me I'll never be far, never be far from The place that raised me, ones who change me I would not be who I am without This town, those streets Hold a piece of me there Love-drunk, sixteen Oh, I promise, wherever I carry your heart with me I'll never be far, I'll never be far (hey) Hold on for now, it's not forever I swear I'll make you proud Oh, I promise, wherever I carry your heart with me I'll never be far, never be far from home