Far Away From Home

He'd never been ten miles away from where he was born
 When he was called off to that bad war
 And he couldn't say the name of where he had to go and fight
 He knew that he was fighting, but he didn't know what for
 One day as they were waiting for the next man to fall
 He asked the sarge how far away is home
 It's hard to know just how he felt when the sarge decreed
 No matter which way you walk, boy, it'd be towards Tennessee
 How he missed those green hills and
 working in the hot fields back home
 Longed for his momma to hold him and sing him a song
 He tried to hide the tears in his eyes as he laid down to sleep
 As far away from home then as far away could be
 He made it home and tried real hard to put those days behind
 Took a wife and raised a family
 Served his country well, but sometimes we forget
 Put it all on the line in the name of liberty
 In a nursing home ten miles away from where he was born
 Sits all day and watches the clock
 Talks about a ten foot cross he built out in his yard
 Words on the front that read
 Prepare to meet thy god
 He misses those green hills and plowing in the hot fields back home
 Longs for his sweet love who's gone now and left him alone
 But he can't hide the tears in his eyes as he lays down to sleep
 As far away from home now as far away could be
 He can't hide the tears in his eyes as he lays down to sleep
 As far away from home as far away can be