"Boston" by Augustana

"Boston" by Augustana

I think my friend showed this to me a year ago or so. I would love to find the piano sheet music for this because I love the beginning chords. This song touches on what all of us have felt at one time or another: the feeling that we don't belong here and that we need to get away and start a new life where we belong. The lyrics talk about change and fulfilling your dreams.

I was especially intrigued by the part where he sings "You don't wear my chains". It's as though he's walking along a road and each time he sees a stranger, he's thinking, "You don't know me and you don't care about me. You don't know what kind of trouble I'm going through, and you just couldn't care less." Who hasn't had that thought, or an inkling of that?

LYRICS (c) AZLyrics

In the light of the sun,
Is there anyone?
Oh it has begun.
Oh dear you look so lost,
Eyes are red and tears are shed,
This world you must have crossed.

And you said....

"You don't know me
You don't even care
Oh yeah..."
She said
"You don't know me
You don't wear my chains
Oh yeah..."

Essential yet appealed
Carry all your thoughts
Across an open field
When flowers gaze at you
They're not the only ones who cry
When they see you

You said....

"You don't know me
You don't even care
Oh yeah..."
She said
"You don't know me
You don't wear my chains
Oh yeah..."

She said, "I think I'll go to Boston
I think I'll start a new life
I think I'll start it over
Where no one knows my name
I'll get out of California
I'm tired of the weather
I think I'll get a lover
And fly him out to Spain
Oh yeah I think I'll go to Boston
I think that I'm just tired
I think I need a new town
To leave this all behind
I think I need a sunrise
I'm tired of the sunset
I hear it's nice in the summer
Some snow would be nice
Oh yeah...

You don't know me
You don't even care
Oh yeah...

Boston
Where no one knows my name
Where no one knows my name
Where no one knows my name
Yeah...

Boston
Where no one knows my name...