Homecoming-Tom T.Hall

[ti:Homecoming] [ar:Tom T.Hall] [al:Ultimate Collection] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Homecoming - Tom T.Hall [00:08.31]I guess I should've written, Dad [00:09.92]To let you know that I was coming home [00:12.07] [00:16.17]I've been gone so many years [00:17.55] [00:18.23]I didn't realize you had a phone [00:19.98] [00:23.59]I saw your cattle coming in [00:24.89] [00:26.00]Boy, they're looking mighty fat and slick [00:27.49] [00:31.35]I saw Fred at the service station [00:33.18]Told me that his wife is awful sick [00:35.21] [00:39.07]You heard my record on the radio [00:41.00]Oh, well, it's just another song [00:43.10] [00:46.90]But I've got a hit recorded [00:47.99] [00:48.77]And it'll be out on the market 'fore too long [00:50.80] [00:54.56]I got this ring in Mexico [00:55.92] [00:56.72]No, it didn't cost me quite a bunch [00:59.03] [01:02.34]When you're in the business that I'm in [01:03.97] [01:04.51]The people call it puttin' up a front [01:06.39] [01:10.18]I know I've lost a little weight [01:11.73] [01:12.32]An' I guess I am looking kind of pale [01:14.33] [01:18.00]If you didn't know me better, Dad [01:20.01]You'd think that I'd just gotten out of jail [01:21.83] [01:25.80]No, we don't ever call them beer joints [01:27.98]Night clubs are the places where I work [01:29.80] [01:33.63]You meet a lot of people there [01:35.00] [01:35.51]But no, there ain't no chance of gettin' hurt [01:37.61] [01:41.34]I'm sorry that I couldn't be here with you all [01:43.88] [01:44.42]When Momma passed away [01:45.35] [01:49.50]I was on the road and when they came and told me [01:52.48]It was just too late [01:53.48] [01:57.41]I drove by the grave to see her [01:59.00]Boy, that really is a pretty stone [02:01.14] [02:04.95]I'm glad that Fred and Jan are here [02:06.73] [02:07.41]It's better than you being here alone [02:08.88] [02:12.85]Well, I knew you was gonna ask me [02:14.58]Who the lady is that's sleeping in the car [02:16.83] [02:20.76]That's just a girl who works for me [02:22.74]And man, she plays a pretty mean guitar [02:24.64] [02:28.50]We worked in San Antone last night [02:30.61]She didn't even have the time to dress [02:32.58] [02:36.22]She drove me down from Nashville [02:37.54] [02:38.05]And to tell the truth I guess she needs the rest [02:40.25] [02:44.19]Well, Dad, I gotta go [02:45.32] [02:45.92]We got a dance to work in Cartersville tonight [02:48.18] [02:52.27]Let me take your number down [02:53.89]I'll call you and I promise you I'll write [02:56.07] [02:59.87]Now you be good don't be chasin' [03:01.82]All those pretty women that you know [03:04.10] [03:07.64]And by the way if you see Barbara Walker [03:09.94] [03:10.52]Tell her that I said, "Hello"