Home!
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Roads are the dustiest
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Winds are the gustiest
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Gates are the rustiest
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Pies are the crustiest
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The songs are the lustiest
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The friends are trustiest
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Way.....way back home
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Trees are the sappiest
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Days are the nappiest
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Dogs are the yappiest
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Toes are the tappiest
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The jokes the snappiest
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The folks the happiest
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Way back home
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Don't know why I left my homestead
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I really must confess
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I'm just a weary exile singing my song
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Of loneliness
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Grass is the greeniest
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Beans are the stringiest
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Birds are the wingiest
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Bells are the ringiest
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The hearts are the singiest
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The arms the clingiest
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Way - back - home
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I sing a little song a homesick little song
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About a place I never should have roamed from
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Skies are brighter there, hearts are lighter there
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I can hear a voice calling me back there
Roads are dusty
Winds are gusty
Gates are the rustiest
Friends the trustiest
Way back home
Trees are sappy
Days are nappy
Dogs are the yappiest
Folks are the happiest
Way back home
Food is the spreadiest
Cabbage is the headiest
Hands are the steadiest
Z's are the zediest
The lovin's lively
The life is lovely
Remember the Red River valley.
Folks are yearning for my returnin'
Way back home!
© Al Simmons 2025
www.alsimmons.com
