Take Me Home
Northern Oklahoma 1944
Little schoolhouse, numbers on the board
Little boy can't figure it out
Teacher says he'll never turn out
All the other kids think he's a fool
He says I hate this place
Lord take me home
Get me outta here I feel so alone
I wanna hug my mom
I wanna see my dad
Throw a stick to the dog and just have a laugh
21 years old, letter in the mail
It's your Uncle Sam, he needs some help
On a train to Carolina
Leavin' everything behind ya
Here's a rifle boy we're teachin you how to shoot
Deep in the jungles, of Vietnam
Constant screams and the smell of napalm
Crawlin' round head deep in mud
His hands covered with his own blood
Where his buddies are he hasn't a single clue
He prays I hate this place
Lord take me home
Get me outta here I feel so alone
I wanna hug my mom
I wanna see my dad
And throw a stick to the dog and just have a laugh
Doc found him barely hangin' on
Called a Jolly Green to get him home
He's gonna be alright you know he ain't alone
Several surgeries later, he wakes up
His family's there, showerin' him with love
Loaded up in that Chevrolet
Just a flyin' down the interstate
They pull into the drive, and he climbs out
He cries I love this place
Lord you brought me home
Got me outta there I knew I wasn't alone
I can hug my mom
And there's my dad
Where's that damn dog I need a laugh
Northern Oklahoma 1974
Little schoolhouse, numbers on the board
Little schoolhouse, numbers on the board
Little boy can't figure it out
Teacher says he'll never turn out
All the other kids think he's a fool
He says I hate this place
Lord take me home
Get me outta here I feel so alone
I wanna hug my mom
I wanna see my dad
Throw a stick to the dog and just have a laugh
21 years old, letter in the mail
It's your Uncle Sam, he needs some help
On a train to Carolina
Leavin' everything behind ya
Here's a rifle boy we're teachin you how to shoot
Deep in the jungles, of Vietnam
Constant screams and the smell of napalm
Crawlin' round head deep in mud
His hands covered with his own blood
Where his buddies are he hasn't a single clue
He prays I hate this place
Lord take me home
Get me outta here I feel so alone
I wanna hug my mom
I wanna see my dad
And throw a stick to the dog and just have a laugh
Doc found him barely hangin' on
Called a Jolly Green to get him home
He's gonna be alright you know he ain't alone
Several surgeries later, he wakes up
His family's there, showerin' him with love
Loaded up in that Chevrolet
Just a flyin' down the interstate
They pull into the drive, and he climbs out
He cries I love this place
Lord you brought me home
Got me outta there I knew I wasn't alone
I can hug my mom
And there's my dad
Where's that damn dog I need a laugh
Northern Oklahoma 1974
Little schoolhouse, numbers on the board
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Writer(s): Laymon Barnett
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