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(Don’t Go Back to) Rockville by R.E.M.
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R.E.M.Produced by
Mitch Easter & Don DixonWrited by
Mike Mills & Bill Berry & Michael Stipe & Peter BuckAbout
This song was written in 1980 by Mike Mills to convince his then-girlfriend Ingrid Schorr, a student at UGA, not to return to her hometown of Rockville, Maryland for the summer. Since the song’s release, Ingrid Schorr has written about the factual inaccuracies of the song. While rendering the song t...
(Don’t Go Back to) Rockville Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Looking at your watch a third time
Waiting in the station for the 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
[Verse 2]
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
[Chorus]
Don't go back to Rockville
Don't go back to Rockville
Don't go back to Rockville
And waste another year
[Verse 3]
At night, I drink myself to sleep
And pretend I don't care that 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
[Chorus]
Don't go back to Rockville
Don't go back to Rockville
Don't go back to Rockville
And waste another year
[Verse 4]
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
[Chorus]
Don't go back to Rockville
Don't go back to Rockville
Don't go back to Rockville
And waste another year
Don't go back to Rockville
Don't go back to Rockville
Don't go back to Rockville
And waste another year
(Don’t Go Back to) Rockville Q&A
Who wrote (Don’t Go Back to) Rockville's ?
(Don’t Go Back to) Rockville was written by Mike Mills & Bill Berry & Michael Stipe & Peter Buck.
Who produced (Don’t Go Back to) Rockville's ?
(Don’t Go Back to) Rockville was produced by Mitch Easter & Don Dixon.
When did R.E.M. release (Don’t Go Back to) Rockville?
R.E.M. released (Don’t Go Back to) Rockville on Tue Oct 16 1984.