When i was just a boy the devil took my hand
took me from my home, home, home
made me a man
so don't talk to me about your sympathy now
'cause you can't dance if you take a chance on your rosary
chorus: i'm going down, down, down, down, down
on that homebound train
it's been a million years that i been gone
i been everywhere now i'm heading home
been a lot of girls, but there's a woman i know
said don't take no plane, better take train
'cause i like it real slow
chorus: all the way back home
on a homebound train
i'm going down, down, down, down, down
on a homebound train
solo
i'm on my way
i'm heading home
to be with my baby
where i belong
coming down the tracks
see, i done my time
i'm going back
to that home of mind
well, here i come baby
here i come baby
here i come baby
here i come...
chorus: all the way back home
on that homebound train
i'm going down, down, down, down, down
on that homebound train