I'm Afraid To Go Home

I'm afraid to go home

I'm afraid to go home

Worries on my mind

Afraid of what I'll findWill my family be gone

I'm afraid to go home

Back to Tennessee

Afraid of what I'll seeAs I walk down this dusty road

Got a heart with a heavy load

Ain't a thing that's the same

So much sorrow and painHeading home in a single file

Every inch is a quarter mile

Ain't heard nobody sing

Ain't seen one living thingSomeone's waiting for me

Honey sweet as can be

Wanna hold her tight

Lord, make her be all rightMaybe 'round the next bend

All the ashes'll end

Valleys will be green

Instead of what I've seenI'm afraid for the scrubby pine

Aw, the sweet honeysuckle vine

I'm afraid for my home

For the fields that I roamedKick along down a homeward road

And your heart's gotta take the load

I'm afraid to go home

I'm afraid to go homeSherman's been in my town

Burned it all to the ground

Now there's not a tree

'Tween Memphis and the sea

Now there's not a tree

'Tween Memphis and the sea

Songwriters

GELD, GARY / UDELL, PETERPublished by

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