Memory Lane - Vaughn Monroe

This is the place you end up

When you lose the chase

Where you’re dragged against your will

From a basement on the hill

And all anybody knows

Is you’re not like them

And they kick you in the head

And send you back to bed

Isolation

Pulled you passed

A tunnel to a bright

World where you can

Make a place to stay

But everybody’s scared of this place

They’re staying away

Your little house on memory lane

The mayor’s name is fear

His force patrols the pier

From a mountain of cliché

That advances everyday

The doctor spoke a cloud

He rained out loud

You’ll keep your doors and windows shut

And swear you’ll never show a soul again but

Isolation

Pushes you ‘til

Every muscle aches

Down the only road

It ever takes

But everybody’s scared of this place

They’re staying away

Your little house on memory lane

If it’s your decision

To be open about yourself

Be careful or else

Be careful or else

Uncomfortable apart

It’s all written on my chart

And I take what’s given to me

Most cooperatively

I do what people say

And lie in bed all day

Absolutely horrified

I hope you’re satisfied

Isolation

Pushes past self-hatred

Guilt and shame

To a place where suffering is

Just a game

But everybody’s scared of this place

They’re staying away

Your little house on memory lane

Your little house on memory lane