Almost Home

JOHNNY SLATE, LONNIE WILLIAMS

He had plastic bags wrapped around his shoes
He was covered with the evening news
Had a pair of old wool socks on his hands
The bank sign was flashin' five below
It was freezing rain and spitting snow
He was curled up behind some garbage cans
I was afraid that he was dead I gave him a gentle shake
When he opened up his eyes I said old man are you okay
He said:

I just crawled out of a cottonwood tree
I was runnin' from some honey bees
Drip dryin' in the summer breeze after jumpin' into Calico Creek
I was walkin' down an old dirt road
Past a field of hay that had just been mowed
Man I wish you'd just left me alone
'Cause I was almost home

And he said I was just comin' round the barn
'Bout the time you grabbed my arm
And I heard mama holler son hurry up
And I was close enough for my own nose to smell fresh cobbler on the stove
And I saw daddy loadin' up the truck
Cane poles on the tailgate bobbers blowin' in the wind
Since July of 55 that's as close as I've been

Yeah I just climbed out of a cottonwood tree
I was runnin' from some honey bees
Drip dryin' in the summer breeze
After jumpin' into Calico Creek
I was walkin' down a old dirt
Past a field of hay that had just been mowed
Man I wish you'd just left me alone
I was almost home

I said old man your gonna freeze to death let me drive you to the mission
He said boy if you'd left me alone right now id be fishin'

I just climbed out of a cottonwood tree
I was runnin' from some honey bees
Drip dryin' in the summer breeze
After jumpin' into Calico Creek
I was walkin' down an old dirt road
Past a field of hay that had just been mowed
Man I wish you'd just left me alone

Man I wish you'd just left me alone...I was almost home
I was almost home

Trivia about the song Almost Home by Joe Diffie

When was the song “Almost Home” released by Joe Diffie?
The song Almost Home was released in 1990, on the album “A Thousand Winding Roads”.
Who composed the song “Almost Home” by Joe Diffie?
The song “Almost Home” by Joe Diffie was composed by JOHNNY SLATE, LONNIE WILLIAMS.

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