Jenny Scheinman - I Was Young When I Left Home lyrics

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I was young when I left home<br />

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

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

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

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

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He was just the other day, I was drinkin' on my pay<br />

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

Said, "Your mother's dead and gone<br />

Baby sister's all gone wrong<br />

And 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 />

And I can't go home this a-way<br />

This a-way, Lord, Lord, Lord<br />

No, I can't go home this a-way<br />

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Used to tell my ma sometimes<br />

When I'd see 'em ridin' blind<br />

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

In the wind, 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 a-way<br />

This a-way, Lord, Lord, Lord<br />

No, I can't go home this a-way<br />

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I was young when I left home<br />

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

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

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

And I never wrote a letter to my home