"Memory Lane" lyrics - ELLIOTT SMITH

This is the place you end up when you lose the chase
Where you're dragged against your will from a basement on the hill
And all anybody knows is you're not like them
And they kick you in the head
And send you back to bed
Isolation pulled you past a tunnel to a bright
World where you can make a place to stay

But everybody's scared of this place, they're staying away
Your little house on Memory Lane

The mayor's name is Fear, his force patrols the pier
From a mountain of cliche that advances everyday
The doctor spoke a cloud, he rained out loud
You'll keep your doors and windows shut and swear you'll
Never show a soul again
But isolation pushes you 'til every muscle aches
Down the only road it ever takes

But everybody's scared of this place, they're staying away
Your little house on Memory Lane
If it's your decision to be open about yourself
Be careful or else
Be careful or else

I'm comfortable apart, it's all written on my chart
And I take what's given me most cooperatively
I do what people say and lie in bed all day
Absolutely horrified
I hope you're satisfied
Isolation pushes past self-hatred, guilt and shame
To a place where suffering is just a game

But everybody's scared of this place
They're staying away
Your little house on Memory Lane
Your little house on Memory Lane