You Can't Go Home Lyrics - The Statler Brothers

Roy taught me how to play baseball and do the fox-chase on the harp 

Taught me how to swim and fish and tell the difference between bass and carp 

Taught me how to snap my fingers whistle through my teeth oh Uncle Roy 

He sure took time to make times good for a little pesky half grown boy 

Aunt Kathleen would wash my clothes and blow my nose whenever nature called 

Darn my socks and damn the pox but kept me out of school from fall to fall 

Gave me movie money though I never did my chores the way I should 

To a nasty little nephew Kathleen you sure made aunthood awful good 

And Freddy used to lie for me whenever something valuable got broke 

He taught me how to climb a tree about birds and bees and taught me how to smoke 

He took me on a first date I was scared to death but he said you'll do fine 

Good buddy you're my cousin but you seem more like a brother of mine 

But you can't go home to the good times you can't go home anymore 

Roy's all crippled up now Kathleen can hardly see 

Freddy's off somewhere to fight a war 

But you can't go home to the good times you can't go home anymore 

Everything has changed and who was there to blame 

For the fact that you just can't go home 

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Looking back I'd say I had the best childhood that money just can't buy 

And I owe it all to free good folks who took me in when mom began to die 

They always told me son just do what's right and you'll be proud just wait and see 

Well Roy and Kathleen I'm only proud that you're the ones who's proud of me 

But you can't go home to the good times you can't go home anymore 

Roy's rheumatism Kathleen's cataract and Freddy's fightin' someone else's war