Back home, back home, yes, I'm going back home
 
 Why I can't believe it's been this long
 Since I've seen mom and dad?
 When I left my mountain home behind
 I left them both so sad
 
 My brothers and my sisters
 That were babies then are grown
 Years have past and now at last
 I'm on my way back home
 
 Back home, back home, yes, I'm going back home
 To the factory smoke and city life, I'm sayin' 'So long'
 I've shed a lot of tears through all the years that I've been gone
 And I've spent a lot of time a-wishin' I could go back home
 
 I got a letter from mama
 And Mama asked me, I'd come back home
 She says it sure is lonesome now
 Since all of us kids are all growned up and gone
 
 I just can't hardly stand the thoughts of
 Momma and daddy being left there all alone
 That's really all I need to know
 Now I'm on the road back home
 
 Back home, back home, yes, I'm going back home
 To the smog an' smoke and city life, I'm sayin' 'So long'
 I've shed a lot of tears through all the years that I've been gone
 And I've spent a lot of time a-wishin' I could go back home
 
 Back home, back home, yes, I'm going back home