well i got a lot of friends on the west coast a lot of good memories i want you to know that i wont forget everything youve done for me but its been too long way too long too long yeah im going home new york detroit and chicago you are somethin else treated me just like kinfolks but i swear i cant help myself yeah its been too long way way too long too long yeah im going home well im gonna write a letter gonna send a telegram tell everybody thats wonderin boy he s packin his things right now and im goin home therell be pickin therell be singin when i get home well my heart has done got heavy gonna load it in my old chevy and im goin home when your soul is a runnin dry a country boy can tell theres only one way to quench youre thirst and thats a drinkin at the family well well its been too long yeah way too long too long yeah im going home well i need a night or two on the back porch just there among the stars gonna free my mind for a little while of the honky tonks and bars yeah its been too long well way too long too long yeah im going home well im gonna write a letter gonna send a telegram tell everybody thats wonderin boy he s packin his things right now and im goin home therell be pickin therell be singin when i get home well my heart has done got heavy gonna load it in my old chevy and im goin home