i grew up in connecticut listening to the radio   the signal was strong and i was getting it everywhere i drove   well the only thing that i ever had was lots of time but it ain't so bad   you know it   now i'm stuck in connecticut listening to the radio      countdown   countdown   countdown      she was born down in maryland   she was named after a song   well she met this boy and off they went   they could do no wrong   yeah but things got bad and she got hurt   she moved back home but it could have been worse   you know it   now she's stuck down in maryland listening to the radio countdown...      countdown   all the days you got left in this sleepy town   countdown   all the days you got left in this sleepy town   i believe, i believe, i believe that you'll come around      well he's living out in somerville   yeah he's working on his car   and somewhere underneath his bed   a dusty bass guitar   well the band broke up in '95   he still gets drunk and he still gets by, it's all right   now he's stuck out in somerville listening to the radio countdown...