Freddy Fender - Green Green Gra** Of Home lyrics

The old hometown looks the same As I step down from the train And there to meet me is my mama and papa Down the road I look and there runs Mary Hair of gold and lips like cherries It's good to touch the green Green gra** of home Yes they'll all come to meet me Arms reaching smiling sweetly It's good to touch the green Green gra** of home The old house is still standing Though the paint is cracked and dry And there's that old oak tree That I used to play on Down the lane I walk with my sweet Mary Hair of gold and lips like cherries It's good to touch the green Green gra** of home (Spoke)Then I awake and look around me At four grey walls that surround me And I realize, yes, that I was only dreaming For there's a guard and there's a sad old padre Arm in arm we'll walk at daybreak You once again I'll touch the green Green gra** of home Yes, they'll all come to see me In the shade of that old oak tree As they lay me neath the green Green gra** of home