end of october the sleepy brown woods seem to nod down their heads to the winter yellows and grays paint the sad skies today and i wonder when you re coming home woke up one morning the wind through the window reminded me winter was just round the bend somehow i just didn t see it was coming it took me by surprise again and i hear you re in san francisco living with your sister who s a mother to be and her husband s way down in georgia and i m still in old tennessee wishing you d come home to me life here is easy i m sure you recall how it s so warm and breezy in the summer and the fall but winter s upon me and i ve got no heat here and i miss your fire so sweet dear i miss your fire so sweet and i hear you re in san francisco living with your sister who s a mother to be and her husband s way down in georgia and i m still in old tennessee wishing you d come home to me end of october the sleepy brown woods seem to nod down their heads to the winter yellows and gray paint the sad skies today and i wonder when you re coming home i wonder when you re coming home