There stood the fence that penned me in when I was younger  This was the house where we all stayed  There was a tree we used to hang out under  This was the place where I played  But now that's gone so I have to wonder  Is it worth the price we pay?  A long range test has put us under  And made us go away, go away...    This was the town where all my friends and I had grown up  The only place I've ever known  A long gray street with some houses built on it  Less than perfect but it was home  Now it's gone and I curse it in my darkness  This is the cross I have to bear  We pay the price of our own injustice  We made us go nowhere  Go nowhere, nowhere    Solo    This was our earth our garden of eden  Took what we could and left her there bleeding  And what became of the hopes and the dreams  Did they die with us 'cause that's how it seems  Here comes the rain can't you taste the acid?  Or has it left you numb?  This is the moral to the story I offer  Can you hear me son...  Or have you gone away  Away  Away