Homecoming Lyrics - Singles - Tom T. Hall

I guess I should've written, dad 

To let you know that I was coming home 

I've been gone so many years 

I didn't realize you had a phone 

I saw your cattle coming in, 

Boy they're looking mighty fat and slick 

I saw fred at the service station 

Told me that his wife is awful sick 

You heard my record on the radio 

Oh, well it's just another song 

But I've got a hit recorded 

And it'll be out on the market 'fore too long 

I got this ring in mexico 

No, it didn't cost me quite a bunch 

When you're in the business that I'm in 

The people call it puttin' up a front 

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I know I've lost a little weight 

I guess I am looking kind of pale 

If you didn't know me better, dad 

You'd think that I'd just gotten out of jail 

No, we don't ever call them beer joints 

Night clubs are the places that I work 

You meet a lot of people there, but no, 

There ain't much chance of gettin' hurt 

I'm sorry that I couldn't be there with you all when momma passed away 

I was on the road and when they came and told me it was just too late 

I drove by the grave to see her, boy, 

That really is a pretty stone 

I'm glad that fred and jan are here, 

It's better than you being here alone 

Well I knew you's gonna ask me 

Who the lady is that's sleeping in the car 

That's just a girl who works for me 

And, man, she plays a pretty mean guitar 

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We worked in San Antone last night, 

She didn't even have the time to dress 

She drove me down from nashville and 

To tell the truth I guess she needs the rest 

Well, dad, I gotta go, 

We got a dance to work in cartersville tonight 

Let me take your number down, 

I'll call you, and I promise you I'll write 

Now you be good and don't be chasin' 

All those pretty women that you know 

And by the way if you see barbara walker 

Tell her that I said "hello."