on the east side of st laurence blvd there s a whole different world people talking and laughing at anything in the summertime whirl nobody s asking questions bout who you are and where you ve been just willing to live and let live whatever state you might find yourself in i m goin back again someday down where the river meets the ocean i m goin back again someday and that s where i ll stay that s where i m gonna stay on the west side of st lawrence blvd it s somethin else again another feeling a different culture and people hangin with their old friends nobody seems to notice about what s changing on the other side someday we will come together reach across this great divide i m goin back again someday down where the river meets the ocean i m goin back again someday and that s where i ll stay that s where i m gonna stay some people tell no lies some people wear their hats too tight some people forgive and forget you some of them never let you they say my home in the land of snow is nice let me tell you what it s like it s eleven months of winter baby and just one month of pretty thin ice i m goin back again someday down where the river meets the ocean i m goin back again someday and that s where i ll stay that s where i m gonna stay