don t mistake me for a wildwood a place to run and hide don t mistake me for a wildwood where your love can go to die i m not a place to hang your head run away from yourself you decided a long time ago that i was the one to help don t mistake me for a wildwood a place to run and hide don t mistake me for a wildwood where your love can go to die i start to feel like a broken game tucked in a cupboard stored away don t you remember how we used to laugh when we remembered how to play oh it speaks so loud like a headline in the news oh it speaks so loud that you did what you did just to lose that you could not find the blues don t mistake me for a wildwood a place to run and hide don t mistake me for a wildwood where your love can go to die