Slow Boat Lyrics - Arlo Guthrie

If I could go back home to the place I was raised 

I'd catch the next bus and be there in a few days 

But I just can't do it, I was raised on the road 

I've got no place to go to, so l guess I'll stay on 

There's dreams that I've had, I wrote in songs yesterday 

But the waves of the world have washed them away 

Still I carry them with me wherever I go 

They're my only possessions on this slow boat back home 

I've kept all my memories buried deep in my heart 

Where time cannot touch them and rip them apart 

Still I look for the hour when I will be free 

From constantly dying and living on dreams 

If I could go back home to the place I was raised 

I'd catch the next bus and be there in a few days 

My dreams in my pockets, my life, that's gone wrong 

They're my only possessions on this slow boat back home