I Was Young When I Left Home

Lyrics

[Verse 1] I was young when I left home And I been a-rambling 'round And I never wrote a letter to my home To my home, Lord Lord, to my home And I never wrote a letter to my home [Verse 2] It was just the other day I was bringing home my pay When I met an old friend I used to know He said, "Your mother's dead and gone Baby 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 But I can't go home thisaway Thisaway, Lord Lord, this way And I can't go home this way [Verse 4] If you miss the train I'm on Count the days I'm gone You would hear that whistle blow a hundred miles Hundred miles, honey baby Lord Lord Lord And you'll hear that whistle blow a hundred miles [Verse 5] And I'm playing on the track Ma would come and whoop my back On them trussels down by old Jim McKay's When I pay the debt I owe to the commissary store I will pawn my watch and chain and go home Go home Lord Lord Lord I will pawn my watch and chain and go home [Verse 6] Used to tell my Ma sometimes When I see them riding blinds Gonna make me a home out in the wind In the wind, Lord Lord, in the wind I'm gonna make me a home out in the wind [Verse 7] I don't like it in the wind Wanna go back home again But I can't go home this way Thisaway, Lord Lord, this way Oh, but I can't go home this way [Verse 8] I was young when I left home And I've been all a-rambling 'round And I never wrote a letter to my home To my home Lord Lord Lord And I never wrote a letter to my home