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Written by Pete Mancini and Travis McKeveny, arranged by Buddy Woodward

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Sulking down suburban streets
Initials carved in wet concrete
The fossilized remains
Of young and carefree days
I'm back in Bakersfield

Drove a John Deere through the fields of Kern County
But that Dear John letter followed me
If I bought the farm today
I'd have nothing to give away
I’m back in Bakersfield

Bakersfield
The place where I was born and raised
The place I swore I'd never stay
But here I am again
I left the city
To work the land after the war
I had planned on doing more
Here I am again
On the street again

My heart grew hard inside me
Like the armor kits attached to those Humvee's
I drove them through the sand
With my rifle close at hand
defending Bakersfield

Bakersfield
The place where I was born and raised
The place I swore I'd never stay
But here I am again
I left the city
To go and fight a rich man's war
I had planned on doing more
Here I am again
On the street again

Sulking down suburban streets
Sleeping out on the hard concrete
The trembling remains
Of frightened foxhole days
I'm back in Bakersfield

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from Flying First Class (Expanded Edition), released May 3, 2019

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