Back Home

Back home, back home (back home, back home) Yes, I'm going back home (going back home) Why can't believe, it's been this long Since, I've seen mom and dad When I left my mountain home behind I left them both so sad My brothers and my sisters, that were babies then are grown Years have past and now at last, I'm on my way back home Back home, back home (back home, back home) Yes, I'm going back home (going back home) To the factory smoke and city life, I'm sayin' so long I've shed a lot of tears, through all the years, that I've been gone And, I've spent a lot of time, oh wishing I could go back home I've got a letter from mama and- Mama asked me, if I'd come back home She says, it sure is lonesome now Since all of us kids are all growed up and gone I just can't hardly stand the thoughts of Momma and daddy being left there all alone That's really all I need to know And now, I'm on the road, back home Back home, back home (back home, back home) Yes, I'm going back home (going back home) To the smog and smoke and city life, I'm sayin' so long I've shed a lot of tears, through all the years, that I've been gone And, I've spent a lot of time, oh wishin' I could go back home (back home) Back home, back home (back home, back home) Yes, I'm going back home (going back home)