[Verse 1]

I have seen all I care to see

Of this world it has no more for me

I need the call for giving peace

That only comes from my family

[Chorus]

I wanna go home

I wanna go home

I'm following the lead of the setting sun

And I'm going back where I came from

[Verse 2]

Like a old, old tree, that no longer grows

As time went by I got hollow

If you don't know when to stay

If you don't know when to go

Then you might be building your own gallows

[Chorus]

[Verse 3]

Mama is on the front porch waving for me

My father got his hands fixing something

My brother says that he just got to see my face

[Modified Chorus (x2)]

It's why I'm going on home

I'm going home

I'm following the lead of the setting sun

And I'm going back where I came from

[Outro]

And I'm going back where I came from