I can hear the engineer blowin' his horn Somehow it's both a major and a minor chord The train still runs it just don't stop no more And I'm standing by the tracks alone I see a fallow field and a leaning barn I come unraveled like a ball of yarn Ain't nothing more sad than an abandoned farm Lord I'm tired and I wanna go home Lord I'm tired and I wanna go home I was young when I followed the highway sign Chasing salvation on the dotted line I ain't giving up I just changed my mind Maybe it's a waste of time You oughta know I ain't never been the praying kind Birds like buckshot whistle and wheel In the gun-metal sky above the stubblefield There ain't no word for word for the way I feel
Lord I'm tired and I wanna go home Lord I'm tired and I wanna go home I thought all I needed to pay my dues Was a beat-up guitar and some traveling shoes But I didn't know sh** about singing the blues It's a hard way to learn the truth If you've got more to love you got more to lose Seen a Jesus bird preaching where the river bends Roadside trash crucified on a barbed wire fence Maybe somebody died for someone's sins And we're all gonna have to atone But the road turn gold when the sun come up Won't you send me a sign when I've given enough I'm two thousand miles from the one I love Lord I'm tired and I wanna go home Lord I'm tired and I wanna go home