In a Lake

I'd never live in a small town I've made too many mistakes For where you gotta write your book early Or it gets written up in your place Where you never get away from your first love It's like one brand of soap's sold in town 'Cause anyone you can get close to Smells like your first time around But in a lake, you can backstroke forever The sky before you, the dark right behind And in a big city, you can start over And everywhere you go makеs your heart ache When you'vе done enough walks of shame Some days, you just go the long way To stay off of memory lane So I'd never live in a small town I'm slow to learn all the rules I've tried very hard to be good But when they think you're bad, people act worse But in a lake, you can backstroke forever The sky before you, and the dark behind you And in a big city, you can start over The lights all around you, the dark safe in sight In a big city, you can start over