The streets I thought would once be mine   Now follow me home   At the bus stop, join the line   You've got to let go of the dream   You wanted it all so young, so pay the price   The tragedy is, you don't know what you're sacrificing      And you've gotta let go of the dream   Understand what I mean?   It's a terrible scene   And when you're walking home   Will you remember what it was   When you're walking home   Will you remember who I was   When you get back home   Will you remember that it was   Only rock and roll      Success was just a finger's breadth away   And now you wonder what you're going to do today   But you've got to let go of the dream   Rehabilitation seems to be   For once such as I, an impossibility      So I'd better let go of the dream   Understand what I mean?   It's a terrible scene   And when you're walking home   Will you remember what it was   When you're walking home   Will you remember who I was   When you get back home   Will you remember that it was   Only rock and roll