Words and Music by Arlo Guthrie      I remember now the time you left   You thought to say farewell   But for how long you would be gone   There was no way to tell   You just set out upon your road   It caused you lots of grief   And took you many places that   You came to, for to leave      CHORUS:   Alone for years you sailed around   At last your ship come in   Well, charge admission on her deck   Or sail her out again      Among the people that you met   Are some you'll see again   With perfumed flowers in your hands   You stood there in the rain   They set the stage for anything   And everyone was game   You came alone and now at home   They stop and ask your name      CHORUS      You'd like to see your friends again   The ones left on the road   And ramble `round from town to town   And tell me what's been told   And sing the song you sang before   You sat before the king   And fate alone will guide you on   And give you words to sing      CHORUS