Almost Home

He had plastic bags wrapped 'round his shoes

He was covered with the evening news

Had a pair of old wool socks on his hands

The bank sign was flashing 5 below

It was freezing rain and spittin' snow

He was curled up behind some garbage cans

I was afraid that he was dead

I gave him a gentle shake

When he opened up his eyes

I said, "Old man are you okay?"

He said, "I just climbed out of a cottonwood treeI was runnin' from some honey beesDrip dryin' in the summer breezeAfter jumpin' into Calico creekI was walkin' down an old dirt roadPast a field of hay that had just been mowedMan, I wish you'd just left me alone'Cause I was almost home"

Then he said, "I was just comin' 'round the barn'Bout the time you grabbed my armWhen I heard Momma holler, "

Son, hurry up"I was close enough for my own noseTo smell fresh cobbler on the stoveAnd I saw daddy loadin' up the truckCane poles on the tailgateBobbers blowin' in the windSince July of '55That's as close as I've been"

Yeah, I just climbed out of a cottonwood tree

I was runnin' from some honey bees

Drip dryin' in the summer breeze

After jumpin' into

Calico creek

I was walkin' down an old dirt road

Past a field of hay that had just been mowed

Man, I wish you'd just left me alone

I was almost home

I said, "Old man, you're gonna freeze to deathLet me drive you to the mission"

He said, "Boy, if you'd left me aloneRight now I'd be fishin'"

I just climbed out of a cottonwood tree

I was runnin' from some honey bees

Drip dryin' in the summer breeze

After jumpin' into

Calico creek

I was walkin' down an old dirt road

Past a field of hay that had just been mowed

Man, I wish you'd just left me alone'

Cause I was almost home

Man, I wish you'd just left me alone

I was almost home