Iris DeMent - Walkin' Home lyrics

I'm walkin' home tonight The streets are glowing 'neath the pale moonlight I look around, there's not a soul in sight and I'm walkin' home Once again I hear my mother's voice and all us kids making a bunch of noise If I'm not careful I might start to cry Just walkin' home tonight I turn my head and hear the screen door slam and there he is, that tall and dark-haired man He looks my way but all alone he stands and I am walkin' home He's my Dad, you know I was his girl He taught me all he knew about this world and then he traveled right on out of sight and I'm just walkin' home tonight I'm walkin' home tonight The streets are glowing 'neath the pale moonlight I look around, there's not a soul in sight and I am walkin' home Old worn-out couches and a bunch of kids Four to a bedroom and all Mom's plates were chipped but I never knew about the things I missed and I'm walkin' home You see, it's just the place where I come from and, good or bad, it's where the deal was done Mom and Dad, their daughters and their sons and I'm just walkin' home tonight