I was young when I left home   An' I been out ramblin' 'round   An' I never wrote a letter to my home   To my home, Lord, to my home   An' I never wrote a letter to my home      It was just the other day   I was bringin' home my pay   When I met an' old friend I used to know   Said, your mother is dead an' gone   Every sisters all gone wrong   An' your daddy needs you home right away      I have a shirt on my back   Not a penny on my name   But I can't go home this way   This way, Lord, Lord, Lord   An' I can't go home this way      If you miss train, I'm on   Count the days, I'm gone   You'll hear that whistle blow hundred miles   Hundred miles, honey baby, Lord, Lord, Lord   An' you'll hear that whistle blow hundred mile      I've playin' on a track, ma would come an' woop me back   On 'em trusses down by Ol' Jim McKay's   When I pay the debt I owe to the commissary store   I will pawn my watch an' chain an' go home   Go home, Lord, Lord, Lord   I will pawn my watch an' chain an' go home      Used to tell my ma sometimes   When I see them ridin' blind   Gonna make me home out in the wind   In the wind, Lord, in the wind   Make me home out in the wind      I don't like it in the wind   I wanna back home again   But I can't go home this way   This way, Lord, Lord, Lord   An' I can't go home this way      I was young when I left home   An' I been out ramblin' 'round   An' I never wrote a letter to my home   To my home, Lord, Lord, Lord   An' I never wrote a letter to my home