Oh Lord if I could just go home I'd do things
different from now on There wouldn't be near the
gray in my old daddy's hair Oh Lord if I could
just go home

I know it wasn't daddy's fault that mama died when
I was just a kid And the best that he could do to
raise me right was all he ever did And I know he'd
love mama a lot longer than I had and he was every
bit as alone But I don't guess I'd helped too much
to build a happy home He made sure I got to church
every Sunday the way mama had always done And he
was always sorry he had to work so hard and he
never had much time for fun He knew I missed mama
a lot And maybe he was easier on me than he should
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didn't turn out to be much a man Well I've grew on
into my teens and I guess I thought I was a real
hard stuff Goin' into town hangin' around bars and
actin' pretty tough Well I'm looking out at a
different set of bars now And that little window
don't let it much light You see I got roarin'
drinkin' mad one night and I killed the man in a
fight I got a letter from back home the other day
Saying dad had a stroke and he ain't doin' too
good Well if I had done right I'd be there now to
help him and God you know I would And I'd pay him
back for all the years of love that he gave me And
I'd be a better man the way I was taught to be Oh
Lord if I could just go home