I went back to Boston
Back to the city you were lost in
I went back to the place
Without your face in the stone

Walked around Harvard Square
The runaway kids are still hanging out there
And I took the red line
All the way across the River Charles

Some things try and try
But they never fly, and they never fly
You reach up from the waves
And find that you're only waving goodbye

Went walking in Boston
Over a bridge I used to walk on
I was looking for my heart
That I'd flung into that sea of stone

Boston said, you need not apply
For your license to fly
Hey, young lady, don't look so surprised
You know you're not alone

Some things try and try
And they never fly, and they never fly
You reach up from the waves
And find that you're only waving goodbye
It was Memorial Day
I went to where you lay
There were thousands of people
Just like you in a giant graveyard

You came all of that way
Looking for the sky, you got a slap in the face
You had a desperate need to be loved
You just got put in that place
You better know your place, boy

Some things try and try
And they never fly, and they never fly
You reach up from the waves
And find that you're only waving goodbye

Only waving
You're only waving
You're only waving
You're only waving goodbye