Antony & Bryce Dessner - I Was Young When I Left Home lyrics

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I was young when I left home<br />

An' I been out a-ramblin' round<br />

An' I never wrote a letter to my home<br />

To my home Lord, Lord to my home<br />

An' I never wrote a letter to my home<br />

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It was just the other day<br />

I was bringin' home my pay<br />

When I met an old friend I used to know<br />

Said, "Your mother is dead an' gone<br />

An' your baby sister's all gone wrong<br />

An' your daddy needs you home right away''<br />

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Not a shirt on my back<br />

Not a penny on my name<br />

But I can't go home this way<br />

This way Lord, Lord this way<br />

An' I can't go home this way<br />

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If you miss the train I'm on, count the days and I'm gone<br />

You will hear that whistle blow hundred miles<br />

Hundred miles, honey baby, Lord, Lord, Lord<br />

An' you'll hear that whistle blow hundred miles<br />

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An' I'm playin' on a track, ma'd come an' woop me back<br />

On them trusses down by ol' Jim McKay's<br />

When I pay the debt I own to the commissary store<br />

I will pawn my watch an' chain an' go home<br />

Go home, Lord, Lord, Lord<br />

I will pawn my watch an' chain an' go home<br />

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Used to tell my ma sometimes<br />

When I see them ridin' blind<br />

Gonna make me a home out in the wind<br />

In the wind Lord, Lord in the wind<br />

Gonna make me a home out in the wind<br />

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I don't like it in the wind<br />

Wanna go back home again<br />

But I can't go home this way<br />

This way, Lord, Lord this way<br />

But I can't go home this way<br />

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I was young when I left home<br />

An' I been out a-ramblin' round<br />

An' I never wrote a letter to my home<br />

To my home Lord, Lord, Lord<br />

An' I never wrote a letter to my home