Straight Back To You

I was 16 when the story began
And you used to say, "Come as soon as you can"
And I'd leave right away, with the stars up above
The common was dark but I was in love

And I'd come straight back to you
At the sound of your name
Straight back to you, to see you again
And you'd leave me a light, and I'd find my way
Straight back to you and stay

When I was 18, as the story unfolds
And I moved away though the house was unsold
And the day that I left, you gave me a ring
We weren't engaged, but it meant something

For I'd have gone straight back to you
If I felt that I could
Straight back to you, to your neighbourhood
And you'd leave me a light, and I'd find my way
Straight back to you and stay

When I was 20, things gradually turned bad
And I should've left then, and I wish that I had
But you say to yourself that things will improve
And they never do, and it's then that you lose

For I'd have gone straight back to you
If I thought things would change
Straight back to you, the past to exchange
And you'd leave me a light, and I'd find my way
Straight back to you and stay, hey

When I turned 21, things came to an end
And you lived with someone who was once just a friend
And before I left, I did one last thing
I came to your house and brought out the ring

And gave it straight back to you
Though I felt no remorse
Straight back to you, and then love ran its course
And you left me a light, and I found my way
Straight out of there and away

Straight out of there and away
(Ooh-ooh) hey, away
(Ooh-ooh) hey-hey-hey, oh yeah
(Ooh-ooh) hm-mm
Straight out of there and away