Plot
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Massachusetts (i/ˌmæsəˈtʃuːsɨts/), officially the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, is a U.S. state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. It is bordered by Rhode Island and Connecticut to the south, New York to the west, and Vermont and New Hampshire to the north; at its east lies the Atlantic Ocean. Massachusetts is the 7th least extensive, but the 14th most populous and the 3rd most densely populated of the 50 United States. The state features two separate metropolitan areas – the eastern Boston metropolitan area and the western Springfield metropolitan area. Approximately two thirds of the state's population lives in Greater Boston, most of which is either urban or suburban. Western Massachusetts features one urban area – the Knowledge Corridor along the Connecticut River – and a mix of college towns and rural areas. Massachusetts is the most populous of the six New England states and has the US's sixth highest GDP per capita.
Feel I'm goin back to Massachusetts
Somethings telling me I must go home
And the lights all went out in Massachusetts
The day I left her standing on her own
Tried to hitch a ride to San Francisco
Gotta do the things I wanna do
And the lights all went out in Massachusetts
They brought me back to see my way with you
Talk about the life in Massachusetts
Speak about the people I have seen
And the lights all went out in Massachusetts
And Massachusetts is one place I have seen
I will remember Massachusetts
(I will remember Massachusetts)
Feel I'm goin' back to Massachusetts,
Something's telling me I must go home.
And the lights all went out in Massachusetts
The day I left her standing on her own.
Tried to hitch a ride to San Francisco,
Gotta do the things I wanna do.
And the lights all went out in Massachusetts
They brought me back to see my way with you.
Talk about the life in Massachusetts,
Speak about the people I have seen,
And the lights all went out in Massachusetts
And Massachusetts is one place I have seen.
I will remember Massachusetts...
words and music by Arlo Guthrie
Like a dream in the night
As the snow settles white
There's a fire burning bright
In Massachusetts
And there's a house upon a hill
That keeps us from the chill
And by the grace of God
We will be in Massachusetts
CHORUS:
You can tell me about the times you spent
In the Rockies and on the plains,
Please don't think that I'm the last to say
That there ain't lots of other places
In this world that still remain
Beautiful and unchanged
But they're just not the same
The sun comes up to meet the dawn
And there's a day that must go on
There's another night that's gone
In Massachusetts
And I could spend all of my days
And remain each day amazed
At the way each day is phrased
In Massachusetts
CHORUS
Now if you could only see
I know you would agree
There ain't nowhere else to be
Like Massachusetts
And there's a house upon a hill
That keeps us from the chill
And by the grace of God
We will be in Massachusetts
Come on tell me about the time you spent
In the Rockies and on the plains
And please don't think that I'm the last to say
That there ain't lots of other places
In this world that still remain
Beautiful and unchanged
Feel I'm goin' back to Massachusetts.
Something's telling me I must go home.
And the lights all went out in Massachusetts
The day I left her standing on her own.
Tried to hitch a ride to San Francisco.
Gotta do the things I wanna do.
And the lights all went out in Massachusetts
They brought me back to see my way with you.
Talk about the life in Massachusetts.
Speak about the people I have seen.
And the lights all went out in Massachusetts,
And Massachusetts is one place I have seen.
I will remember Massachusetts.
I will remember Massachusetts.
She's cutting out the bruises
Forgetting her excuses for being here again
With a suitcase packed and waiting by the door
In her head
Convinced herself she hasn't lost
Enough to quit
But tonight she lays here thinking
What if I just left
In the middle of the night
Back to California
And never look back
She'll fantasize about it
Every single day but she can't find it
In her heart to run away
And no one's listening
With Northern Massachusetts
On his knees to stay
He's begging
"Please, oh baby please, I can explain
It won't happen again"
He's putting out the fires
And he's making her believe
He's really changed
This time
But it's obvious it's just another line
Lapse and relapse
And again she lays behind him thinking:
I'll pretend in the middle of the night
My eyes are closed I'm sleeping
But I won't come back
She'll fantasize about it
Every single day but she can't find it
In her heart to run away
And no one's listening
With Northern Massachusetts
On his knees to stay
He's begging
"Please, oh baby please, I can explain
It won't happen again
It won't happen again"
How long can this last?
The final straw was the hospital
At least she told herself that
But she just can't find the strength to end it!
I just left
In the middle of the night
Back to California
I'll never look back
She'll fantasize about it
Every single day but she can't find it
In her heart to run away (To run away)
And no one's listening
With Northern Massachusetts
On his knees to stay
He's begging
"Please, oh baby please, I can explain
It won't happen again
massachusetts
it's the place where i was born
in a mill town
in the middle of a storm
in the statasphere
there's a little ball of light
it comes down into the earth
when condistions are just right
i was laying in the giant tiled brim
i was arching out
to the sockets on the wall
while recharging
we all began to spin
did i mention that this room was very cold and
very big?
in california
there's a building
twice the size as this
and inside there is a lazer
that fires for a billionth of a second
with an output that equals all the country's generators
if we turn them all at once
and what it's going
is reinacting
on a smaller scale
what's taking place every second of every year
up on the sun
or any star
or in massachusetts
massachusetts
massachusetts
massachusetts
Feel I'm goin' back to Massachusetts,
Something's telling me I must go home.
And the lights all went out in Massachusetts
The day I left her standing on her own.
Tried to hitch a ride to San Francisco,
Gotta do the things I wanna do.
And the lights all went out in Massachusetts
They brought me back to see my way with you.
Talk about the life in Massachusetts,
Speak about the people I have seen,
And the lights all went out in Massachusetts
And Massachusetts is one place I have seen.
Jesus in a candle on the table, rabbit's foot by the window
A hallway leads to nowhere, right outside the door
They say, a man can go by the way, if all he does is linger
I say, salvation is in the smallest things, that life has to deliver
I'm stuck inside in the snow
I'm stuck inside in the snow
In Massachusetts, Massachusetts
We filed a flight plan for the bats and left all the windows open
It gets so quiet in here, I can hear the clock
In my upstairs neighbor's bedroom
They say, that time will be your friend
If it gets better, it gets better in the end
They say, that everything will turn out right
It never seems that way, this time of night
I'm stuck inside in the snow
I'm stuck inside in the snow
Sit here on the stairs and listen to the nighttime as the daylight fades away
Such a haunting and familiar tune, when I hear it in the distance i can say that I'm home
Massachusetts
Where my daughters and my wife, they wait for me all alone
But the truth is it's where I always am, it's where I long to be
Because I am home
The north shore is where my father lives, I wear my red sox hat around the world with pride
But the berkshires are where my heart is and when i see them in the distance i could cry because I'm home
Massachusetts
Where my daughters and my wife, they wait for me all alone
But the truth is it's where I always am, it's where I long to be
Because I'm home
Massachusetts
Where my hero teaches classes everyday and where my friends don't treat me different
It's where my family is, it's where I'll always stay
Massachusetts wanna go
Will I see ya I don't know
My nose was cold you told me so
From eating syrup in the snow
Mama said there's nothin here to do
But pat your dog and have a brew
Goin makin out in cars
Sunset in the parkin lots
Oh I miss you so
Still so hard to let you go
And I wanna see
What you think of me
Make a wish and count to three
I always wondered what we'd be
Would we grow up and leave
And cut away those apron strings
I couldn't stay you understand
My daddy's just a drinkin man
My momma's actin up again
I had to make a bigger plan
Oh I miss you so
Still so hard to let you go
And I wanna see
What you think of me
As I get older now i know
That time is precious with your folk
Gramma's gettin old
And this distance getting harder all the Time
I wanna fly a silver plane
And fill a bottle with your rain
Bring it to california
In Massachusetts, in Massachusetts
Oh, no, no, no, no, no
The younger of the ocean sing
A paean to their mother, offering
To hold tight onto the quay
To hold tight onto the silent way
Oh, it don't matter, it don't matter, it don't matter
No, it don't matter, it don't matter, it don't matter what you do
In Massachusetts, in Massachusetts
Oh, no, no, no, no, no
A certain lack and dislocation
Sotted up to the gunwales, and
The tide tells you when to go
The tide, it tells you when to come and to go, go
It don't matter, it don't matter, it don't matter
No, it don't matter, it don't matter, it don't matter what you do
I can't find my roads
I can't, I can't find my roads
Honestly, I want to hear the thought that I had
But I can't feel anymore with you
In Massachusetts, in Massachusetts
Oh, no, no, no, no, no
To be held at bay and then consigned
To pet about the frozen time
To a mother so cold and gray
And though she gives you one, she takes one away
Oh, it don't matter, it don't matter, it don't matter
No, it don't matter, it don't matter, it don't matter what you do
In Massachusetts, in Massachusetts
Oh, no, no, no, no, no
The younger of the ocean sing
A paean to their mother, offering
To hold tight onto the quay
And though she gives you one, she takes one away
Oh, it don't matter, it don't matter, it don't matter
No, it don't matter, it don't matter, it don't matter what you do
I can't find my roads
I can't, I can't find my roads
Honestly, I want to hear the thought that I had
But I can't feel anymore with you
Opens, it dies
How can I only say it's a dark mind?
It's a dark mind
It's a dark mind
Oh, I can tell the things for you
I want someone like you
Watching it roll by
Watching it roll by
In Massachusetts, in Massachusetts
Oh, no, no, no, no, no
To be held at bay and then consigned
To pet about the frozen time
To a mother so cold and gray
And though she gives you one, she takes one away
Oh, it don't matter, it don't matter, it don't matter