Home I'll Never Be

by Jack Kerouac and

Tom WaitsI left

New York in 1949

To go across the country without a bad blame dime

Montana in the cold cold fall

Found my father in the gambling hall

Father, Father where you been?

I've been out in the world and

I'm only ten

Father, Father where you been?

I've been out in the world and

I'm only ten

Don't worry about me if

I should die of pleurisy

Across to

Mississippi, across to

TennesseeAcross the

Niagara, home

I'll never be

Home in ol'

Medora, home in ol'

TruckeeApalachicola, home

I'll never be

Better or for worse, thick and thin

Like being married to the

Little poor man

God he loves me (God he loves me)

Just like

I love him (just like I love him)

I want you to do (I want you to do)

Just the same for him (just the same for him, yeah)

Well the worms eat away but don't worry watch the wind

So I left

Monatana on an old freight train (on an old freight train)

The night my father died in the cold cold rain (in the cold cold rain)

Road to Opelousas, road to

Wounded Knee

Road to Ogallala home

I'll never be

Road to Oklahoma, road to

El CahonRoad to

Tahachapi, road to

San Antone

Hey, heyRoad to

Opelousas, road to

Wounded Knee

Road to Ogallala, home

I'll never be

Road to Oklahoma, road to

El CahonRoad to

Tahachapi, road to

San Antone

Home I'll never be, home

I'll never be

Home I'll never be, home

I'll never be

Home I'll never be, home

I'll never be