[ Don Rich ]

Well we just passed county line be home about a half past nine

See the friends that I once knew I gotta lotta much to do

Have a piece of apple pie see the happy tear in her eye

And I never more go away I'm coming back home to stay



Well I really been kicked around lived it up and I've lived it down

Roped the grapes up in Buffalo been trailin' down to Tupelo

But before all my runnin' bound happiness I just never found

Made up my mind last Saturday that I'm coming back home to stay

Well we just passed...

[ steel ]

When I left with a lotta dreams I was really gonna spread my wings

Show the homefolks a thing or two show 'em what a country boy could do

But it didn't take long to see the city life wasn't life for me

But come naturally that's okay cause I'm a coming back home to stay

Well we just passed...

I never more go away cause I'm coming back home to stay