That old Texaco was the only place to go
To smoke that smoke when you're seventeen
Just some hang around trucks
Cranking Mellencamp up
Taking us another lap around Main Street
There's something different about this place
Can't believe how much it's changed

I used to love this town
I used to run these streets
I used to tell myself
No way in hell I'd ever leave
Thought I'd settle down like my daddy did
Build a life, buy some land, raise a couple kids
Now I don't give a damn if they burn the whole thing to the ground
If you ain't around, I used to love this town

Down Maplewood Drive, mail box thirty nine
Kept me waiting outside in the summer heat
You stepped off them steps, heart beating out my chest
Hair blowing in the wind in the summer breeze
Drove by just the other day
Ain't nowhere I go, I don't see your face

I used to love this town
I used to run these streets
I used to tell myself
No way in hell I'd ever leave
Thought I'd settle down like my daddy did
Build a life, buy some land, raise a couple kids
Now I don't give a damn if they burn the whole thing to the ground
If you ain't around, I used to love this town
I used to love this town

County line in the rearview
Told me I'd hear from you
But you left me here hanging around

I used to love this town
I used to run these streets
I used to tell myself
No way in hell I'd ever leave
Thought I'd settle down like my daddy did
Build a life, buy some land, raise a couple kids
Now I don't give a damn if they burn the whole thing to the ground
If you ain't around, I used to love this town

I used to love this town
I used to love this town
I used to love this town
I used to love this town