It's a long ways to where I've come from It's a good ol' place to be away from But every now Now and then I feel I'd like to go back again But you can't go back and I'm happy where I am Near the place I got my start You know we've grown so far apart I've been gone For too long And I don't feel like I belong I'm living the new way, and they don't understand Yes, my old folks back home They're getting lonesome now the kids are all grown up and gone I go back, it's not the same My old friends think I'm strange I'm living the new way, and they don't wanna change