Don't it make you wanna go home now don't it make you wanna go home All God's children get weary when they roam Don't it make you wanna go home don't it make you wanna go home
Oh the whippoorwill roosts on the telephone poles when the Georgia sun goes down Well it's been a long time but I'm glad to see that I'm Goin' back down to my hometown Goin' down to the Greyhound Station gonna buy me a one-way fare Good Lord's willin' and the creeks don't rise watch it for I'll be right there Don't it make you wanna go home now...
But there's a six lane highway down by the creek Where I went skinny dippin' as a child And the drive-in show where the meadow used to grow And the strawberries used to grow wild There's a drag strip down by the riverside where my grandma's cow used to graze Now the grass don't grow and the river don't flow like it did in the childhood days Don't it make you wanna go home now... Don't it make you wanna go home don't it make you wanna go home