Almost Home

He had plastic bags wrapped 'round his shoes
 He was covered with the evening news
 Had a pair of old wool socks on his hands
 The bank sign was flashing five below
 It was freezing rain an' spittin' snow
 He was curled up behind some garbage cans
 I was afraid that he was dead
 I gave him a gentle shake
 When he opened up his eyes
 I said, "Old man are you ok?"
 He said, "I just climbed out of a cottonwood tree
 I was runin' from some honey bees
 Drip dryin' in the summer breeze
 After jumpin' into Calico creek
 I was walkin' down an old dirt road
 Past a field of hay that had just been mowed
 Man, I wish you'd just left me alone
 'Cause I was almost home."
 Then he said, "I's just comin' 'round the barn
 'Bout the time you grabbed my arm"
 When I heard Momma holler 'son, hurry up'
 I was close enough for my own nose
 To smell fresh cobbler on the stove
 And I saw daddy loadin' up the truck
 Cane poles on the tailgate
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 Bobbers blowin' in the wind
 Since July of '55
 
 That's as close as I've been
 Yeah, I just climbed out of a cottonwood tree.
 I was runnin' from some honey bees
 Drip dryin' in the summer breeze
 After jumpin' into Calico creek
 I was walkin' down an old dirt road
 Past a field of hay that had just been mowed
 Man, I wish you'd just left me alone
 I was almost home
 I said, "Old man you're gonna freeze to death
 Let me drive you to the mission"
 He said, "Boy if you'd left me alone
 Right now I'd be fishin'"
 I just climbed out of a cottonwood tree
 I was runnin' from some honey bees
 Drip dryin' in the summer breeze
 After jumpin' into Calico creek
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 I was walkin' down an old dirt road
 Past a field of hay that had just been mowed
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 Man, I wish you'd just left me alone
 'Cause I was almost home"
 (Almost Home)
 Man, I wish you'd just left me alone, I was almost home