Well I got a lot of friends on the west coast A lot of good memories I want you to know that I won't forget Everything you've done for me But it's been too long, way too long Too long, yeah I'm going home New York, Detroit and Chicago, you are somethin' else Treated me just like kinfolks But I swear I can't help myself Yeah it's been too long, way way too long Too long, yeah I'm going home Well I'm gonna write a letter, gonna send a telegram Tell everybody that's wonderin' boy He's packin his things right now and I'm goin' home There'll be pickin', there'll be singin' when I get home Well my heart has done got heavy Gonna load it in my old Chevy And I'm goin' home When your soul is a-runnin' dry, a country boy can tell There's only one way to quench your thirst And that's a-drinkin' at the family well Well it's been too long, yeah way too long Too long, yeah I'm going home Well I need a night or two on the back porch Just there among the stars Gonna free my mind for a little while Of the honky tonks and bars Yeah it's been too long, well way too long Too long, yeah I'm going home Well I'm gonna write a letter, gonna send a telegram Tell everybody that's wonderin' boy He's packin' his things right now and I'm goin' home There'll be pickin', there'll be singin' when I get home Well my heart has done got heavy Gonna load it in my old Chevy And I'm goin' home