don t it make you wanna go home now don t it make you wanna go home all god s children get weary when they roam don t it make you wanna go home don t it make you wanna go home whoa the whippoorwill roost on the telephone pole and the georgia sun goes down well it s been a long time but i m glad to say that i m goin back down to my hometown goin down to the greyhound station gonna buy me a one way fare good lord s willin and the creeks don t rise by tomorrow i ll be right there don t it make you wanna go home now don t it make you wanna go home all god s children get weary when they roam don t it make you wanna go home don t it make you wanna go home but there s a six lane highway down by the creek where i went skinny dippin as a child and a drive in show where the meadow used to grow and the strawberries used to grow wild there s a drag strip down by the riverside where my grandma s cow used to graze now the grass don t grow and the river don t flow like it did in my childhood days don t it make you wanna go home now don t it make you wanna go home all god s children get weary when they roam don t it make you wanna go home tell me don t it make you wanna go home don t it make you wanna go home now don t it make you wanna go home all god s children get weary when they roam and god how i wanna go home yeah don t it make you wanna go home now tell me don t it make you wanna go home all god s children get weary when they roam now don t it make you wanna go home i wanna know don t it make you wanna go home now don t it make you wanna go home all god s children get weary when they roam don t it make you wanna go home whoa