Comin' home used to feel so good

I'm a stranger now in my neighborhood

I've seen the world at a faster pace

And I'm comin' now from a different place

Though I may look the same way to you

Underneath there is somebody new

I am not the boy next door

I don't belong like I did before

Nothin' ever seems like it used to be

You can have your dreams but you can't have me

I can't go back there anymore

'Cause I am not the boy next door

You've been savin' all souvenirs

Faded photographs from my foolish years

We made plans but they're wearin' thin

And they won't work out 'cause I don't fit in

And those memories will just weigh me down

'Cause I got no place to keep 'em uptown

I am not the boy next door

I don't belong like I did before

Nothin' ever seems like it used to be

You can have your dreams but you can't have me

I can't go back there anymore

'Cause I am not the boy next door

And I'm sorry for just bein' me

But if you'd look past the past you could see

That

I am not the boy next door

I don't belong like I did before

Nothin' ever seems like it used to be

You can have your dreams but you can't have me

I can't go back there anymore

'Cause I am not I am not I am not the boy next door