I was working at the supermart
When I fell for Julie not to help
Like everybody said I would
The day I turned 16, I got that job
Couldn't wait to buy a car, save enough
Leave this town, for good
In August I asked Julie if she would run away
Said she wanted to wait for her to graduate
She'd be the first in her family, so I stayed behind
Thought she could get a scholarship to college
Become a nurse, travel the world
But all that, took a backseat when we saw those double nights
As for me
The only dream I've ever had
Is getting out of this Boomerang Town
You think you're soarin'
You think you're flyin'
Too young to know, theres no use tryin
Spinin' circles
Round, and round
In this Boomerang Town
Its a Boomerang Town
Julie got a GED and a job off 35
The only joint in town thats open all night
The diner next to the seminary
She serves the truckers, the toreadors, the punks
The college kids who trash their booze, all stoned and drunk
Who always pay, but never tip
With daddy's money
Julie and I come from similar kin
Heavy drinkers, quick to anger, skin to skin
They all live and die here
That won't be us I swore to her
I promise you we'll see the world
I just don't know when
As for me, the only dream I've ever had
Is getting out of this Boomerang Town
You think you're soarin'
You think you're flyin'
Too young to know
Theres no use tryin'
Spinnin circles
Round, and round
In this Boomerang Town
Its a Boomerang Town
After her shift
She lights up a smoke up on the bridge
Under the billboard, painted "Jesus Lives"
Julie steps over the railing
Thinks about salvation
The sun arrives and collides with the steeple
Casts a shadow over God's most desperate people
Julie takes it as a sign
Lets go and start flyin'
As for me, the only dream I've ever had
Is gettin' out of this Boomerang Town
It feels like soarin'
It feels like flyin'
Now I know
Its only dyin'
You spin in circles
Round, and round
In this Boomerang Town