I Left My Home - Jonathan Michael Fleming

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

I was young when I left home And I've been all round and round, But I never wrote a letter to my home, To my home Lord, Lord to my home, And I never wrote a letter to my home It was just the other day, I was bringing on my pay, I met an old friend I used to know, Said, "Your mamma's dead and gone, Baby sister's all gone wrong And your daddy needs you home right away." Not a shirt on my back, Not a penny to my name, Lord I can't go home this way. If you miss the train I'm on, Count the days I'm gone, You'll hear that whistle blow a hundred miles. Hundred miles honey bean, Lord, Lord, Lord... You'll hear that whistle blow a hundred miles. And I'm

Out on the battlefield covered in blood (Out on the battlefield covered in blood) There's an airborne Sapper dying in the mud (There's an airborne sapper dying in the mud) The enemy came closing in until the soldier fell (The enemy came closing in until the soldier fell) So with one final magazine he sent 'em all to hell (So with one final magazine he sent 'em all to hell) Fallen Soldiers (Fallen soldiers) We stand on your shoulders (We stand on your shoulders) We carry your legacy (We carry your legacy) Cause no one said that freedom's free (Cause no one said that freedom's free) Fallen Soldiers (Fallen soldiers) We stand on your shoulders (We stand on your shoulders) I'll carry your legacy (I'll carry your legacy) Till some day they remember me (Till some day they remember me) Out in a foxhole shaking in his boot (Out in a foxhole shaking in his boots) There's a brand new private too afraid to shoot (There's a brand new private too afraid to shoot) The soldier to his left jumped on a hand grenade (The soldier to his left jumped on a hand grenade) And the gruesome price of war he paid (And the gruesome price of war he paid) Fallen Soldiers (Fallen soldiers) We stand on your shoulders (We stand on your shoulders) We carry your legacy (We carry your legacy) 'Cause no one said that freedom's free (Cause no one said that freedom's free) Fallen Soldiers (Fallen soldiers) We stand on your shoulders (We stand on your shoulders) I'll carry your legacy (I'll carry your legacy) Till some day they remember me (Till some day they remember me) Fallen soldiers (Fallen soldiers) We stand on your shoulders (We stand on your shoulders) We carry your legacy (We carry your legacy) Cause no one said that freedom's free (Cause no one said that freedom's free) Fallen soldiers (Fallen soldiers) We stand on your shoulders (We stand on your shoulders) We carry your legacy (We carry your legacy) Till some day they remember me (Till someday they remember me)