Jenny Scheinman - I Was Young When I Left Home lyrics

I was young when I left home And I been out a-ramblin' round And I never wrote a letter to my home To my home, Lord, to my home And I never wrote a letter to my home He was just the other day, I was drinkin' on my pay When I met an old friend I used to know Said, "Your mother's dead and gone Baby sister's all gone wrong And your daddy needs you home right away Not a shirt on my back Not a penny on my name And I can't go home this a-way This a-way, Lord, Lord, Lord No, I can't go home this a-way If you miss the train I'm on, count the days I'm gone You will hear that whistle blow a hundred miles Hundred miles, honey baby, Lord, Lord, Lord You will hear that whistle blow a hundred miles When I pay the debt I owe to the commissary store I will pawn my watch and chain and go home Go home, Lord, Lord, Lord I will pawn my watch and chain and go home Used to tell my ma sometimes When I'd see 'em ridin' blind Gonna make me a home out in the wind In the wind, Lord, in the wind Gonna make me a home out in the wind I don't like it in the wind Wanna go back home again But I can't go home this a-way This a-way, Lord, Lord, Lord No, I can't go home this a-way I was young when I left home And I been out a-ramblin' round And I never wrote a letter to my home To my home, Lord, to my home And I never wrote a letter to my home