I’M AFRAID TO GO HOME
(Geld-Udell)

I’m afraid to go home
I’m afraid to go home
Got what is on my mind
Afraid of what I’ll find
Will my family be gone
I’m afraid to go on
Go back to Tennessee
Afraid of what I’ll see

As I walk down the dusty road
Got a heart with heavy load
Ain’t a thing that’s the same
So much trouble and pain

Heading home in a single line
Every inch is a quarter mile
Ain’t heard nobody sing
Ain’t seeing one little thing

Someone’s waitin’ for me
Honey sweet as can be
I wanna hold her tight
She’s gotta be all right

Maybe round the next bend
I’ll be anxious ‘til then
Now it’s green with rain
Instead of what I’ve seen

I’m afraid for that scrubby pine
And that sweet honey suckle wine
I’m afraid for my home
Over field that I roam

As I go down my homeward road
Guess my heart just can’t make the load
I’m afraid to go home
I’m afraid to go home

Shouldn’t been in my town
Burn it down to the ground
Now there’s not a tree
Between Memphis and the sea
Now there’s not a tree
Between Memphis and the sea