Just Like Downtown-Carrie Newcomer

[ti:Just Like Downtown] [ar:Carrie Newcomer] [al:The Age of Possibility] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Just Like Downtown - Carrie Newcomer [00:08.19]I grew up on an island [00:09.57] [00:10.12]Somewhere near Chicago [00:11.26] [00:12.12]Learned how to talk rough [00:13.53] [00:14.49]Just like downtown [00:15.63] [00:16.34]You could drive to the lake [00:17.86] [00:18.44]And it sure seemed to me [00:20.23]It smelled like fresh water [00:22.24]But it felt like the sea [00:23.99] [00:24.70]That's right it's so long now [00:27.88] [00:28.59]You cannot fight this thing any old how [00:31.61] [00:32.65]You can run fast you can try so hard [00:36.64]But you can't shake the ache or the lake of [00:39.92]Who you are [00:41.05] [00:44.74]There was nothing to do [00:46.23] [00:46.78]But to shut up and drive [00:48.50]To the water down the backroads [00:50.46] [00:50.97]To the south and east sides [00:52.76]Some girls got through high school [00:55.04]Some never will [00:56.01] [00:56.56]Some walked with a hunger [00:58.27] [00:58.83]They never would fill [01:01.04]That's right it's so long now [01:04.36] [01:05.01]You cannot fight this thing any old how [01:08.05] [01:08.97]You can run fast you can try so hard [01:12.42] [01:12.98]But you can't shake the ache or the lake of [01:16.32]Who you are [01:17.63] [01:21.19]You can cough out the city [01:23.01]You can change your old clothes [01:24.68] [01:25.40]You can soften your accent [01:27.09]So nobody knows [01:28.44] [01:28.95]But whenever I'm honest [01:31.12]Something in me [01:32.46] [01:33.04]Still looks for fresh water [01:35.22]That feels like the sea [01:37.09] [01:37.68]That's right it's so long now [01:41.69]You cannot fight this thing any old how [01:44.81] [01:45.51]You can run fast you can try so hard [01:49.75]But you can't shake the ache or the lake of [01:53.25]Who you are [01:54.49] [02:01.93]I close my eyes [02:04.46] [02:07.24]And I can still see [02:09.07] [02:10.27]That no one forgets [02:13.56] [02:15.43]What it's like to be [02:16.80] [02:17.45]Who it is to be [02:18.70] [02:34.78]If you see me inclining when no one is speaking [02:38.50]If you sense that I'm wandering somewhere in my mind [02:42.35] [02:42.89]If you listen real close you might hear the whisper [02:46.77]Or see how the sunsets on the lake could shine and shine [02:51.33]That's right it's so long now [02:55.22]You cannot fight this thing any old how [02:58.28] [02:59.24]You can run fast you can try so hard [03:02.82] [03:03.40]But you can't shake the ache or the lake of [03:06.53]Who you are [03:12.34] [03:15.36]I grew up on an island somewhere near Chicago [03:18.93] [03:19.45]Learned how to talk tough just like downtown