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The Penguin Discography: Walkin' Home




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Walkin' Home
    Authors »
Iris DeMent

    Year Written »
1995

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Chorus:
I'm walkin' home tonight
The streets are glowing 'neath the pale moonlight
I look around, there's not a soul in sight and I'm walkin' home
Once again I hear my mother's voice
And all us kids makin' a bunch of noise
If I'm not careful, I might start to cry
Just walkin' home tonight

I turn my head and hear the screen door slam
And there he is, that tall and dark-haired man
He looks my way but all alone he stands and I am walkin' home
He's my Dad, you know, I was his girl
He taught me all he knew about this world
And then he travelled right on out of sight
And I'm just walkin' home tonight

I'm walkin' home tonight
The streets are glowing 'neath the pale moonlight
I look around, there's not a soul in sight
And I am walkin' home

Old worn out couches and a bunch of kids
Four to a bedroom and all Mom's plates were chipped
But I never knew about the things I missed and I'm walkin' home
You see, it's just the place where I come from
And good or bad, it's where the deal was done
Mom and Dad, their daughters and their sons
And I'm just walkin' home tonight

(Repeat Chorus)

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Running Time 5:39
Performers Iris DeMent (Vocal), Iris DeMent (Piano), Steuart Smith (Electric Guitar), Chuck Leavell (Organ), Randy Scruggs (12-String Guitar), Dave (David W.) Pomeroy (Bass), Paul Franklin (Steel Guitar), Harry Edward Stinson (Drums)
Appears On
The Way I Should (1996)
Iris DeMent

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(C) 1995 Songs of Iris ASCAP Lyrics Reprinted by Permission. All Rights Reserved.

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2009-06-16