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Way Back Home (vocal)

Jr. Walker & The All Stars
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Oh, there's good and bad things about the South, boy Oh, and some leave a bitter taste in my mouth now Yeah, like a black man livin' across the track White men on the other block holdin' him back Way back home now Oh, but we won't talk about that 'cause it's understood Everybody sees the bad, but what about the good? Oh, I'd give anything just to smell that scent Of honeysuckle growin' on a backyard fence Way back home now Oh, can you feel it, y'all? (Way back home) Yeah, way back home (Way back home) Way back home, back home I love the smell of wedges of grass and trees And seed flowers kissed by honeybees Like way back home now Oh, my childhood days are dead and gone Oh, but the memories still linger on Oh, have you ever gone swimmin' in a muddy creek With nothin' on your body from head to feet? Way back home, yeah Oh, went out to do the games like hide and seek Yeah, and skate through the rain over hilly streets Oh, I know some kids still play those games But when they play, it just ain't the same Like way back home Sad to think it (Way back home) Yeah, way back home, way back home (Way back home) Oh Lord Oh, I really miss those things that are fading away I remember them like it was yesterday Now way back home (Way back home) Oh, when the Lord decides to take me away Hey, let me rest in the land where I used to play Oh, you know I miss that glass and ice cream cup And the things that were part of my growin' up Now way back home (Way back home) (Way back home)