I remember the day I caught the train
I was standin' out at the railway station soakin' wet with rain
Fortune and fame is not for me
And all those pretty stories ain't what they're cooked up to be

Every move I made was wrong
If I had any sense I'd go back home

Well, my mother was cryin', my father had an aching heart
He said, "Son, oh son, please don't let us part"
My sweetheart stood cryin', I cried a little bit too
But I didn't have the will to stop, I had to do what I had to do

Every move I made was wrong
If I had any sense I'd go back home

Oh, my baby wrote me a letter saying come back to my side
But I can't go back now 'cause I got too much pride
I'm havin' so much trouble, I don't know what to do
Nothing but my mother and father's prayers to see me through

I stayed away too long
If I had any sense I'd go back home