Go Back Home

I been yearning for a walk-about; 

Ready for a change – time to

Move along,

Pick it up and put it down, head out for the stars; the Big

Long Gone.

I been traveling for a billion years, 

Riding a hard old rock. It’s such a

Long, long trip.

But I can tell that now I’m here, that it’s time to head

Back home.

Gonna leave here someday -

Go it alone.

Maybe live in the wilderness

Where the water falls.

Maybe be the first one on Mars;

The last one alone.

Gonna leave here someday –

Go back home.

I been burning through this world all right; 

Red eyes in a trance – trying to

Make it by;

Lit it up and hit it hard, spread out on the plains; set fields

On fire.

I been going on my murky way; 

Trying to stay intact; to hold this life

Together.

But there comes a day I’ll get tired, Son, and I know that time

Grows near.

Gonna leave here someday -

Go it alone.

Maybe live in the wilderness

Where the water falls.

Maybe be the first one on Mars;

The last one alone.

Gonna leave here someday –

Go back home.

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Lyrics for my friend Brad Koehn's song "Go Back Home", April 26, 2015

Original poem, "April Fools" , April 1, 2015