I'M AFRAID TO GO HOME
(Gary Geld / Peter Udell)


Brian Hyland - 1964
Cliff Richard - 1964
Gene Pitney - 1966




I'm afraid to go home
I'm afraid to go home
Worries on my mind
Afraid of what I'll find


Will my fam'ly be gone
I'm afraid to go home
Back to Tennessee
Afraid of what I'll see


As I walk down this dusty road
Got a heart with a heavy load
Ain't a thing that's the same
So much sorrow and pain


Headin' home in a single file
Ev'ry inch is a quarter mile
Ain't heard nobody sing
Ain't seen one livin' thing


Someone's waitin' for me
Honey sweet as can be
Wanta hold her tight
Lord, make her be alright


Maybe 'round the next bend
All the ashes will end
Valleys will be green
Stead of what I'm seein'


I'm afraid for the scrubby pines
All the sweet honeysuckle vines
I'm afraid for my home
For the fields that I roamed


Kick along down a homeward road
And your heart's gotta take a load
I'm afraid to go home
I'm afraid to go home


Sherman's been in my town
Burned it all to the ground
Now there's not a tree
'Tween Memphis and the sea


Now there's not a tree
'Tween Memphis and the sea






(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - September 2007)






















(Contributed by  - September 2007)