I sit down here with my guitar I wish that I could lick a star This modern life's gone way too far This modern life's gone way too far I wanna get out, Oh I wanna get out, Oh I wanna get out, Oh I wanna get out, Oh I miss my friend and my old man I miss my lover and my band The city chews me up again The city chews me up again I wanna get out, Oh I wanna get out, Oh I wanna get out, Oh I wanna get out, Oh I sit down here with my guitar I wish that I could lick a star This modern life's gone way too far This modern life's gone way too far