Way Back Home

Way Back Home 3: 11 Trk 23
 Jr. Walker & The All Stars
 (W. Felder, J. Bristol, G. Knight)
 Junior Walker & The All Stars
 w/Hitsville Funk Brothers (band)
 Pop Chart #52 Dec 11, 1971+
 Album: The Ultimate Jr. Walker & The All Stars
 Oh, there's good 'n bad things
 About the South, boy
 Oh, and some leave a bitter taste
 In my mouth, now
 Yeah!
 Like the black man livin' across the track
 White man were on the other side
 Holdin' him back
 Way back home, now
 Oh, but we won't talk about that
 'Cause it's understood
 Ev'rybody sees the bad
 But what about the good?
 Ooh, I'd give anything
 Just to smell that scent
 Of honeysuckle growin'
 On a backyard fence
 Way back home, now
 'Oow!'
 'Oh heaven scent, ya'all!'
 (Way back home)
 Yeah, way back home
 (Way back home)
 Thinkin' on back home
 I'd love to smell the wetness
 Of grass and trees
 And see ground kissed
 By honey bees
 Like way back home, now
 Oh, but childhood days
 Are dead 'n gone
 Well, but the memories
 Still linger on
 Oh, have you ever gone swimmin'
 In a muddy creek
 With nothin' on your body
 From head to feet?
 Way back home, yeah
 How you play for the game
 Like hide an seek
 Yeah!
 And snk through the weeds
 Overhear the streams
 Well, I know some kids
 Still play those games
 But when they play
 It just ain't the same
 Like way back home
 'Sad to sing it, ya'all!'
 YEAH!
 Way back home, way back home
 (Way back home)
 Way back
 Oh, I really miss those things
 That have faded away
 I remember them
 Like it was yesterday
 Now, way back home
 (Way back ho-ome)
 (Way back ho-ome)
 FADES:
 Doo-doo, do-do
 Doo-doo, do-ooo-do
 (Way back ho-ome)
 (Way back ho-ome).
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