Story Behind The Song

MY FATHER GREW UP IN EAGLEVILLE TENNESSEE AND IN 1950 JOINED USAF AND HEADED OFF FOR A LIFE OVERSEAS THAT WOULD TAKE HIM TO GERMANY AND FINALLY TO SETTLE IN ENGLAND. BUT HE NEVER FORGOT HIS FAMILY AND ROOTS BACK IN TENNESSEE AND IN SPRING OF 2011, SIXTY YEARS AFTER CLIMBING THE STEPS OF UNION STATION IN NASHVILLE, I MADE A TRIP BACK WITH HIM TO REVISIT THE OLD SITES AND ALL THOSE HE KNEW AND LOVED. THIS SONG WAS INSPIRED BY THAT VISIT.

Song Description

THIS IS A SONG ABOUT A MAN RETURNING TO HIS BIRTHPLACE IN TENNESSEE 60 YEARS AFTER LEAVING NASHVILLE FORM UNION STATION FOR A LIFE OVERSEAS.

Lyrics

COMING HOME

SIXTY YEARS SINCE HE LEFT TENNESSEE
OUT OF UNION STATION
ANOTHER LIFE TO LEAD
HE GOT HIMSELF A WIFE AND KIDS
LANDED HIM A JOB
AND SETTLED DOWN
IN A LITTLE ENGLISH TOWN

YEARS GO BY JUST TAKING CARE OF LIFE
AND THE ROAD YOU TRAVEL ON
WELL IT TAKES YOU LEFT AND IT TAKES YOU RIGHT
BUT ONE THING THAT REMAINS
YOU NEVER FORGET WHERE YOU TRAVELLED FROM
WHERE YOUR ROOTS BELONG

COMING HOME
TO THE LAND OF THE FREE
COMING HOME
TO THE FOLKS HE USED TO SEE
COMING HOME
TO WHERE HE USED TO BE
TO THE FIELDS OF TENNESSEE

MANY THINGS REMIND YOU OF YOUR HOME
TALKING TO THE FAMILY
DRIVING COUNTRY ROADS
BUT NOTHING CAN COMPARE
WITH REALLY BEING THERE
WITH THOSE YOU LOVE
YOU KEEP THINKING OF

COMING HOME
TO THE LAND OF THE FREE
COMING HOME
TO THE FOLKS HE USED TO SEE
COMING HOME
TO WHERE HE USED TO BE
TO THE FIELDS OF TENNESSEE
TO THE HOME HE USED TO KNOW
TO THE ROOTS HE CANT LET GO
HE'S COMING HOME

THERES AN EVER BURNING LIGHT
THAT MAKES YOU FEEL THIS WAY
THIS WAS YOUR LAND OF HOPES AND DREAMS
THAT MADE YOU WHO YOU ARE TODAY

COMING HOME
TO THE LAND OF THE FREE
COMING HOME
TO THE FOLKS HE USED TO SEE
COMING HOME
TO WHERE HE USED TO BE
TO THE FIELDS OF TENNESSEE
TO THE HOME HE USED TO KNOW
TO THE ROOTS HE CANT LET GO
HE'S COMING HOME
TO A GLASS OF JACK D
HANGING OUT WITH JOHNNY LEE
TO THE HOME HE USED TO KNOW
TO THE ROOTS HE CANT LET GO
HE'S COMING HOME