Everything looks strange to me like a recurring dream   I think I know what's coming, til it turns out wrong   I've been away, away too long    I can't change where I've been the bad I've done and seen    But my heart has a home and it got here on its own    I've been away, away too long       Been away too long    Through a doorway in the night towards the sound of cheering    I'll be gone at a minute to 12    You don't want to have to see me turn into myself    I've been away too long    There's a warmth that I miss familiar like a kiss    But the girls had no name and the singer no song   I've been away, away too long       When we burn the cane the mice all run    When the cane is burnt the mice all run    When the fire burnt out I came back home    When the cane was burnt I came back home       There's no gate and no wall in my way at all    And if Janis died for my sins even I can start again    I've been away too long