Homeward Bound

[Verse 1]

I've seen street corner preachers spending discharge pay

Between periods of getting stiff

And happy tipplers singing songs of discontentment

With each and every passing sip

[Chorus]

From the bookmaker's clerk on the rowdy racing circuit

Known as Tom Sharkey's brawling bar

To the tenders at the pubs and illegal sporting clubs

In this town I call my home

[Verse 2]

You see, I come from a family who more or less traditionally

Sends its boys off to serve Uncle Sam

"Obey your orders and protect your country"

Said this father to his disheartened son

[Chorus]

You see, I've traveled overseas, seen forks in the road

From Ravena to the pubs near Cunard Pier

But the things, they weren't the same as the place where I became

A man in this town I call my home

I'm going home

[Verse 1]

I've seen street corner preachers spending discharge pay

Between periods of getting stiff

And happy tipplers singing songs of discontentment

With each and every passing sip

[Chorus]

From the bookmaker's clerk on the rowdy racing circuit

Known as Tom Sharkey's brawling bar

To the tenders at the pubs and illegal sporting clubs

In this town I call my home