I Was Young When I Left Home

I was young when I left home
 And I been out ramblin' 'round
 And I never wrote a letter to my home
 To my home, Lord, to my home
 And I never wrote a letter to my home
 It was just the other day, I was bringin' home my pay
 When I met an old friend I used to know
 Said, "Your mother is dead and gone
 Every sister's all gone wrong
 And your daddy needs you home right away"
 I have a shirt on my back
 Not a penny on my name
 But I can't go home this way
 This way, Lord, Lord, Lord
 And I can't go home this way
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 If you miss the train I'm on, count the days I'm gone
 You'll hear that whistle blow a hundred miles
 A hundred miles, honey baby, Lord, Lord, Lord
 And you'll hear that whistle blow a hundred miles
 I've playin' on a track, ma would come and woop me back
 On 'em trestles down by old Jim McKay's
 When I pay the debt I owe to the commissary store
 I will pawn my watch and chain and go home
 Go home, Lord, Lord, Lord
 I will pawn my watch and chain and go home
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 Used to tell my ma sometimes
 When I see them ridin' blind
 Gonna make me home out in the wind
 In the wind, Lord, in the wind
 Make me home out in the wind
 I don't like it in the wind
 Wanna back home again
 But I can't go home this way
 This way, Lord, Lord, Lord
 And I can't go home this way
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 I was young when I left home
 And I been out ramblin' 'round
 And I never wrote a letter to my home
 To my home, Lord, Lord, Lord
 And I never wrote a letter to my home