Iris DeMent - Walkin' Home Lyrics
I'm walkin' home tonightThe streets are glowing 'neath the pale moonlightI look around, there's not a soul in sightand I'm walkin' homeOnce again I hear my mother's voiceand all us kids making a bunch of noiseIf I'm not careful I might start to cryJust walkin' home tonightI turn my head and hear the screen door slamand there he is, that tall and dark-haired manHe looks my way but all alone he standsand I am walkin' homeHe's my Dad, you know I was his girlHe taught me all he knew about this worldand then he traveled right on out of sightand I'm just walkin' home tonightI'm walkin' home tonightThe streets are glowing 'neath the pale moonlightI look around, there's not a soul in sightand I am walkin' homeOld worn-out couches and a bunch of kidsFour to a bedroom and all Mom's plates were chippedbut I never knew about the things I missedand I'm walkin' homeYou see, it's just the place where I come fromand, good or bad, it's where the deal was doneMom and Dad, their daughters and their sonsand I'm just walkin' home tonightI'm walkin' home tonightThe streets are glowing 'neath the pale moonlightI look around, there's not a soul in sightand I'm walkin' homeOnce again I hear my mother's voiceand all us kids making a bunch of noiseIf I'm not careful I might start to cryJust walkin' home tonight
