Green Green Grass Of Home Lyrics - Hank Snow

(It's good to touch the green green grass of home) 

The old hometown looks the same as I step down from the train 

And there to meet me is my mama and papa 

And down the road I look and there runs Mary 

Hair of gold and lips like cherries 

It's good to touch the green green grass of home 

Yes they'll all come to meet me arms areaching smiling sweetly 

It's good to touch the green green grass of home 

The old house is still standing though the paint is cracked and dry 

And there's that old oak tree that I used to play on 

Down the lane I walk with my sweet Mary 

Hair of gold and lips like cherries 

It's good to touch the green green grass of home 

And then suddenly I awake and look around me 

At these cold grey walls that surround me 

And as then that I realize that I was only dreaming 

For there stands a guard and there's the sad old padre 

Arm in arm we'll walk at daybreak 

And once again I'll touch the green green grass of home