I remember waking in the morning

To the sound of the rooster's crow

Mamma cooking in the kitchen

Arthur Godfrey on the radio



Me and Dad were just like strangers

We never did see eye to eye

Came to blows one Sunday morning

So I packed my bags and I said goodbye



CHORUS

When you leave that way you can never go back

A train won't run on a torn up track

Sometimes I wish I'd never roamed,oh no

'Cause when you leave that way you can never go home



Then I met a girl in Knoxville

Oh, we set our wedding day

I left her standing at the alter

With a baby on the way



REPEAT CHORUS



Lord I'd love to see my mom and daddy

And what I'd give to hold that boy of mine

I'd get down on my knees and I'd say I'm sorry

If I could only go back one more time



But I killed a man in Houston

When he caught me with his wife

And I told the preacher man to leave me alone

When he came to read my rights



CHORUS

He said son,when you leave this way you can never come back

A soul won't roll on a torn up track

All through eternity you'll roam alone

'Cause when you leave this way you can never come home

All through eternity you'll roam alone

'Cause when you leave this way you can never come home