[Chorus]
I was young when I left home
But I been out a-rambling around
And I never wrote a letter to my home
To my home
Lord, to my home
And I never wrote a letter to my home

[Verse 1]
It was just the other day
I was bringing home my pay
When I met an old friend I used to know

[Verse 2]
Said your mother's dead and gone
Sister's all gone wrong
And your daddy needs you home right away

[Verse 3]
Not a shirt on my back
Not a penny on my name
And I can't go home this way
This way
Lord, Lord, Lord
And I can’t go home this way