In This Old Town

Empty paper bags from bread and butter

Crumpled cartons void of cigarettes

Endlessly, they drift towards the gutter

Walking down this road I can't forget

In the park, I used to pick the flowers

And give mother her birthday bouquet

In this old town (In this old town)

I know my way (I know my way)

This good old town (This good old town)

Of childhood days

Though this old town

Has seen a change

In this old town

I don't feel strange

Quite nearby, there used to be a lamplight

By a lover's seat where young girls hoped

That someday, they'd find a shining love-light

My first love turned out to be a joke

All at once, I felt the urge to wander

Came the dawn and I was far from home

But this old town (But this old town)

When I'm alone (When I'm alone)

Is still the town (Is still the town)

That I call home

Though this old town (Though this old town)

Has seen a change (Has seen a change)

In this old town (In this old town)

I don't feel strange

Standing, waiting in some railway station

Who said it's a gateway to the world?

When I reached my latest destination

Then I knew the whole trip was absurd

Not until some lonely nights of sorrow

Did I know that I'd come back to stay

In this old town

I know my way

This good old town

Of childhood days

Though this old town

Has seen a change

In this old town

I don't feel strange