If I Could Just Go Home Lyrics - Singles - Ed Bruce

Oh Lord if I could just go home I'd do things different from now on 

There wouldn't be near the gray in my old daddy's hair 

Oh Lord if I could just go home 

I know it wasn't daddy's fault that mama died when I was just a kid 

And the best that he could do to raise me right was all he ever did 

And I know he'd love mama a lot longer than I had and he was every bit as alone 

But I don't guess I'd helped too much to build a happy home 

He made sure I got to church every Sunday the way mama had always done 

And he was always sorry he had to work so hard and he never had much time for fun 

He knew I missed mama a lot 

And maybe he was easier on me than he should have been 

But it sure ain't his fault that I didn't turn out to be much a man 

Well I've grew on into my teens and I guess I thought I was a real hard stuff 

Goin' into town hangin' around bars and actin' pretty tough 

Well I'm looking out at a different set of bars now 

And that little window don't let it much light 

You see I got roarin' drinkin' mad one night and I killed the man in a fight 

I got a letter from back home the other day 

Saying dad had a stroke and he ain't doin' too good 

Well if I had done right I'd be there now to help him and God you know I would 

And I'd pay him back for all the years of love that he gave me 

And I'd be a better man the way I was taught to be 

Oh Lord if I could just go home