this is where i lived & learned, the place where i was born 
and i will never leave it (i will never leave it)
i know that you are headed to the west or some place else 
it is your resting place, inside that safe escape 
you scream out loud like siren sounds, you've reached your final goal
which is to have and hold
as for us we've figured out exactly how to breathe
with vanishing lungs like these 
so thank you new england trees
and the sidewalks of walnut street