Take Me Home Lyrics

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