I'm a stranger now in my neighborhood I've seen the world at a faster pace And I'm coming now from a different place Though I may look the same way to you Underneath there is somebody new I am not the boy next door I don't belong like I did before Nothing ever seems like it used to be You can have your dreams but you can't have me Oh, I can't come back there anymore Cause I am not the boy next door You've been saving those souvenirs Faded photographs from our foolish years We made plans but they're wearing thin And they don't work out Cause I don't fit in And those memories will just wear you down Cause I got no place to keep them uptown I am not the boy next door I don't belong like I did before Nothing ever seems like it used to be You can have your dreams but you can't have me Oh, I can't go back there anymore Cause I am not the boy next door I'm not sorry for just being me But if you look past the past you can see That I am not the boy next door Nothing ever seems like it used to be You can have your dreams but you can't have me Oh, I can't go back there anymore Cause I am not the boy next door