Homecoming Lyrics

I had just got out of prison, it was cold

it was Christmas Eve

I was going to my sisters to go and see

What was left of my family

Well, she lives all the way across town

On the right side of them railroad tracks

I’ve come this far I’m not looking back now

Passing by the same old haunts

With the same old drunks hiding the same old wants

Been three months dry and Lord I never felt more gone

So I stopped in to Kelly’s for a drink

See if she’s still working, see if she remembers me

And by the look on her face I think she does

I could tell by her tone

Somewhere along the way she’d been told

Don’t talk to the animal girl, just leave him alone

Guess there’s no homecoming for a man like me

There ain’t no room on these God Damn city streets

For the blood-stained hands, on my family’s black sheep

So just one more beer and I swear I’ll leave

One more beer and I swear I’ll leave

Stumbled out in to the Midwest snow

With smoke coming off of my Carhart coat

And so much, for “You can always go back home”

Feel like a car someone sold for parts

All those years I spent behind those bars

I meant to leave, I never meant to go that far

Never did feel too bad

For killing that man who took my sisters left hand

Gave her a girl, and in to the night he ran

Guess there’s no homecoming for a man like me

There ain’t no room on these God Damn city streets

For the blood-stained hands, on my family’s black sheep

So just one more beer and I swear I’ll leave

One more beer and I swear I’ll leave

Well coming up on her big house now

I see them through that window

Looks like they’re doing just fine on their own

Looks like Jimmy turned eighteen

I see he’s got that uniform

Looks just like his daddy

But that boy ain't made for war

One more cigarette

and I’ll shuffle on inside

See if I’ve lost more than time in my life

Knock, knock, knock on the door

Niece answers it and she looks at me

And then she says hello

And I could tell by her tone

Somewhere along the way she’d been told

Don’t talk to the animal girl, just leave him alone

Don’t talk to the animal girl, just leave him alone

Don’t talk to the animal girl, just leave him alone

Guess there’s no homecoming for a man like me

There ain’t no room on these God Damn city streets

For the blood-stained hands, on my family’s black sheep

So just one more beer and I swear I’ll leave

One more beer and I swear I’ll leave