Lookin' out of my windowpane Tears minglin' with the rain
I'm so lonesome I could cry just like old Hank
Starin' down on the city street Feelin' empty and incomplete
There's a place I need to be to fill my tank
A place I can go to where I can be free Where I can be happy and just be me
Home, where the warm wind's blowin' and the river's flowin'
Home, like a lazy bum in the midday sun
And I'll go home, fishin' with my pole at the fishin' hole
Where I can lay down my heavy load And know that I am always welcome
I left home, I was seventeen I had a lot of ambitious dreams
Seen a lot of those dreams come true I've had good luck
I ain't complainin', that's for sure I got a lot to be thankful for
One of those things is a magic door that opens up
Back to the time when I was a kid To the sounds of the cranes and the canyons
It's called home, on the front porch swingin' and firm pots hangin'
Home, with the church bells ringin' and voices singin'
Those old songs that mend my mind like a stitch in time
Where the tea is sweet and the love complete
Oh, me, I wanna go home
I often think about where I have been Where I am goin'
And that's about when I think about home
Where the soul finds comfort and the heart finds pleasure
Home, where the dose of love is, heart the measure is
Home, I hear you callin', I hear you callin'
I'll never be lost as long as I know There's a place like that where I can go
Where I can restore my weary soul On the mountain slopes and the soft blue smoke
Home, home sweet home
Home, back to the hills with the whippoorwill
Home, with the fireflies blinkin' and the night stars winkin'
Home, honeysuckle, pine, muscatine, winehead
Home, where the gypsy grows and the shaggy grows up
Home, with family and friends and joy that never ends
Home, there's no place like it, no place like it, home