When I Go Home Again

When I go home this summer, I done made up my mind

Gonna do some things I wish I'd done back once upon a time

Everybody in the whole place, they're gonna know my name

I'll blow in like a hurricane, then blow out just the same

Paint scenes on the water-tower

I got the paint, I got the power

Do everything I wish I'd done back then

"Better late than never," they say

Can't let the moment slip away

I'm gonna fin'lly take my chances

When I go home again

Whoo-hah!

Gonna call old Frankie Walker an' ask him if he might

Meet me at the drag strip an' he can eat my dust tonight

I'm gonna look up Laura What's-her-name an' I'll fin'lly make it clear

I studied every square inch of her legs our junior year

Paint scenes on the water-tower

I got the paint an' I got the power

Do everything I wish I'd done back then

"Better late than never," they say

Can't let the moment slip away

I'm gonna fin'lly take my chances

When I go home again

Whoo!

Everybody's got some things they wish they'd said or done

An' I'm gonna do my best to do 'em every one

Gonna fin'lly tell my Mama about that, Friday night

Didn't trip or fall, I got that shiner in a fight

An' if I get my courage up, I might just spill the beans

An' tell her all the details 'bout the night I turned 18

Paint scenes on the water-tower

I got the paint, I got the power

Do everything I wish I'd done back then

"Better late than never," they say

Can't let the moment slip away

I'm gonna fin'lly take my chances

When I go home again

All right

When I go home again

Whoo! Oh, it's good to be back home again