Back home

Back home Lyrics

(Dolly Parton)


Back home, back home

Yes, I'm going back home

Why I 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

Yes I'm 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 a' wishin' I could go back home


I got a letter from mama an'

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

Yes, I'm going back home

To the smog an' smoke an' 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 a' wishin' I could go back home


Back home, back home

Yes, I'm going back home