Springfield, Illinois I left you standing by the state house stairs A little bit annoyed, but completely unaware Of anything you said To give me pause as to what goes on inside your head Was there something I should have seen? What exactly did you mean? And you would never be the one to say "Nothing's worth the work it takes to stay And it's all a mess It's stupidness." Springfield, Illinois We left you standing by the state house stairs A little bit annoyed, but completely unaware And we had never been the ones to say "Nothing's worth the work it takes to stay And it's all a mess Yeah, it's stupidness." And we had never been the ones to say "Nothing's worth not imply walking away from this uselessness Yeah, don't kid yourself." 'Cause I had always been the one to say "Nothing's worth the work it takes to stay And it's all a mess Yeah, it's stupidness." And I had always been the one to say "Nothing's worth not simply walking away from this uselessness "Yeah, don't fool yourself." Springfield, Illinois You left me standing by the state house stairs A little still annoyed, but completely unaware