It's a long, hard road I'm traveling on Seems forever I've been gone Yeah, it's a long hard road I'm traveling on Lord I need to find my way back home I hear the voice my sweet momma called me Telling me to change my ways In my mind, I smell the dogwood

I know, I know, I know That I wish I was there with you You give me a reason Something to believe in You give me a meaning Something I can breathe in It's a bittersweet feeling Longing and I'm leaving I go, I go, I go

When I first met you, baby Baby, you were just sweet sixteen Baby, I wonder You just left your home then, woman Ah, the sweetest thing I'd ever seen But you wouldn't do nothing, baby You wouldn't do anything I asked you to Oh, you wouldn't do nothing for

Keep singing, love keep singing Oh, love sweet love, keep singing me home Oh love, sweet love, keep singing me home My baby's riding shotgun singing just a little off key The feet on the dashboard tapping out the back beat The song on the radio's talking

Oh, sweet daddy please come home Weary blues from waitin' Lord, I've been waitin' so long These blues have got me cryin' The snow falls 'round my window But it can't chill my heart Lord knows it died the day you left My dream world fell apart No, sweet

I'm on my way Home sweet home Tonight tonight Just set me free You know I'm a dreamer But my heart's of gold I had to run away high So I wouldn't come home low Just when things went right

Hair of gold and lips like cherries It's good to touch the green green grass of home Yes, they've all come to meet me Arms reaching, smiling sweetly It's so good to touch the green green grass of home The old hometown looks the same as I step down from

Baby, don't you wanna go home Back from the land of California To my sweet home Chicago Two and two is four, babe Four into two is eight Come on now girl, don't you now make me late And I've got to leave One and one is two

Oh, oh, bring it to me Bring your sweet lovin' Bring it on home to me, yeah (yeah) yeah (yeah) yeah (yeah) About leavin', leavin' me behind If you ever change your mind Bring it on home to me, oh yeah You know I laughed (ha ha) when you left But now I

To my sweet home Chicago Back to the land of California Oh, baby don't you want to go? Baby don't you want to go? Now one and one is two Two and two is four I'm heavy loaded, baby I'm booked, I gotta go Cryin' baby