| Mama’s in the kitchen bakin' up a pie
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| Daddy’s in the backyard
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| Get a job, son
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| You know you ought to try
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| I packed up my bag, I headed down the road
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| I got me a job from Henry Ford
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| But I made a mistake, I moved much too far
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| And now I know what the lonesome blues are
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| I’m getting lonesome, I’m getting blue
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| I need someone to talk to
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| I’m getting lonesome, I’m getting blue
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| Now let me tell you, now let me tell you
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| Now let me tell you, now let me tell you
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| Now let me tell you where I’m going to
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| Yes I’m goin' to my hometown
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| Sorry baby, I can’t take it all
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| Well, I’m goin to my hometown
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| Sorry baby, I can’t take it all
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| I have to walk
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| Only got one ticket
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| Good God I can’t afford two
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| The day I left, I had shoes upon my feet
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| The day I left, I had shoes upon my feet
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| Got home again, honey
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| Don’t even have nothin' to eat, oh yeah
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| Hey, goin' to my hometown, yeah
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| Yeah, and I don’t care, have to walk
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| Yeah, goin' to my hometown
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| And I don’t care, have to walk
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| I gotta move down, baby
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| No more time to talk, no, no, no
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| Yeah, I’m goin' to my hometown
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| And I’m leaving on the midnight train, yeah
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| Goin' to my hometown, baby
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| I’m leaving on the midnight train
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| Gotta keep on ramblin', yeah
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| Goe back to from where I came
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| I’m goin to my hometown
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| Goin' to my hometown
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| Goin' to my hometown
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| Goin' to my hometown
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| Do you wanna go?
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| Do you wanna go?
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| Do you wanna go?
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| Do you wanna go?
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| I got up against this
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| The cats and strangers walkin'
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| Is much to slow, yeah |