Lyrics If I Had Any Sense I'd Go Back Home - Irma Thomas, Dr. John

If I Had Any Sense I'd Go Back Home

I remember the day I caught the train
I was standin?
out at the rail road crossing soakin?
wet with rain
Now I realized fortune and fame is not for me
And all those pretty stories ain?
t what they?
re cooked up to be
I know every move I made was wrong
If I had any sense I?
d go back home
Yeah, my mother stood cryin?, my father had an achin?
heart
He said, ?Girl, girl, please don?
t let us part?
My sweetheart stood cryin?
and I cried a little bit too
But I didn?
t have the will power to stop, I had to do what I had to do
Now I realize every move I made was wrong
If I had any sense I?
d go back home
My baby wrote me said
?Baby, baby, come back to your good man?
s side"
But I can?
t go back now, I got too much pride
I?
m havin?
so much trouble I don?
t know what to do
There?
s nothin?
but my mother and father?
s prayers that?
s seein?
me through
I know I stayed away too long
If I had any sense I?
d go back home
My baby wrote me said
?Baby, baby, Please come back to your good man?
s side"
But I can?
t go back now, I got too much pride
I?
m havin?
so much trouble I don?
t know what to do
There?
s nothin?
but my mother and father?
s prayers that?
s seein?
me through
I know I stayed away too long
If I had any sense I?
d go back home