"garden state" lyrics

Round the corner
From your favorite place
There's a house I lived
For 7000 days

On occasion
We were placing bets
If one of us would move
Away and just forget

I tried to play it cool
But only you could see
I knew it would be me

When you come home
Who will you know?
Maybe I should stay
It could turn out okay
You won't be so scared
Once you get there
Wasn't a mistake
Leaving the Garden State
Leaving the Garden State

We were cut from a cloth
And affixed to a facade
Can I grow with my heart tied in a knot?

It's a whole different place
When you look from out of state
I thank God for my parents every day

I'm seventeen and I can't stop
Sleeping through my alarm clock
Mother said it's unhealthy
And most of my friends never helped me

I thought about it last Christmas
The rest of them all got addicted
It's none of my business
I'm glad that I've grown
Away from home

When you come home
Who will you know?
Maybe I should stay
It could turn out okay
You won't be so scared
Once you get there
Wasn't a mistake
Leaving the Garden State
Leaving the Garden State
Leaving the Garden State
Leaving the Garden State

When you come home
Who will you know?
Maybe I should stay
It could turn out okay
You won't be so scared
Once you get there
Wasn't a mistake
Leaving the Garden State