Lyrics Willoughby Grove - Brook Benton

Willoughby Grove

There's a house in Willoughby Grove
It used to have a wood burning stove
Lots of children playin in the yard
Life was good though the times were hard

Here my mama say Papa fetch some wood
Growing up and Willoughby grove was good

We were poor in Willoughby Grove
Papa built the car we drove
There was space and every hill was green
Water clear and here was so clean

Here my papa say mama
I'm a happy man
Wish I was in Willoughby grove again

But I had to see the world
The world outside
The one day I hitched a ride
I never had much reason to return
Mama wrote til Papa died
Now she's going to his side
Lord what a sad return (so sad)
And nobody saying

Welcome home to Willoughby Grove
You know the county paved that old dirt road
Houses grow where meadows
Used to be in our yard as a factory
And there ain't nothing there to keep me now
Looks like I'lI be moving home

I came home but Willoughby Grove was gone
I came home but Willoughby Grove was gone