Green, Green Grass Of Home Lyrics - Merle Haggard

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

There to meet me is my mama and papa 

Down the lane I look and there runs Mary 

Hair of gold and lips like cherry 

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

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

There's the old oak tree that I used to play on 

Down the lane I walk with my sweet Mary 

Hair of gold and lips like cherry 

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

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

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

Then I awake and look around me at the four gray walls that surround me 

And I realized that I was only dreaming 

For there's a guard and there's that sad old padre 

Arm in arm we'll walk at daybreak 

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