Homecoming lyrics

Artist  : Tom T. Hall 
Song : Homecoming



 Send "Homecoming" Ringtone to your Cell 

 I guess I should’ve written, dad, to let you know
that I was coming home
I’ve been gone so many years, I didn’t realize
you had a phone
I saw your cattle coming in, boy they’re looking
mighty fat and slick
I saw fred at the service station, told me that
his wife is awful sick

You heard my record on the radio, oh, well it’s
just another song
But I’ve got a hit recorded and it’ll be out on
the market ’fore too long
I got this ring in mexico, no, it didn’t cost me
quite a bunch
When you’re in the business that I’m in, the
people call it puttin’ up a front

I know I’ve lost a little weight, I guess I am
looking kind of pale
If you didn’t know me better, dad, you’d think
that I’d just gotten out of jail
No, we don’t ever call them beer joints, night
clubs are the places that I work
You meet a lot of people there, but no, there
ain’t much chance of gettin’ hurt

I’m sorry that I couldn’t be there with you all
when momma passed away
I was on the road and when they came and told me
it was just too late
I drove by the grave to see her, boy, that really
is a pretty stone
I’m glad that fred and jan are here, it’s better
than you being here alone

Well I knew you’s gonna ask me who the lady is
that’s sleeping in the car
That’s just a girl who works for me and, man, she
plays a pretty mean guitar
We worked in san antone last night, she didn’t
even have the time to dress
She drove me down from nashville and to tell the
truth I guess she needs the rest

Well, dad, I gotta go, we got a dance to work in
cartersville tonight
Let me take your number down, I’ll call you, and
I promise you I’ll write
Now you be good and don’t be chasin’ all those
pretty women that you know
And by the way if you see barbara walker tell her
that I said "hello."