You Can Never Go Home Again (Live at Bourbon on Division, Chicago, 2018)

I remember twenty years ago I was sitting in that court room My charges I could not defend The last thing the judge said to me as he handed down my sentence Was You can never go home again Never go home, never go home You can never go home again And I agreed with everything that the judge said If you come back around, I'm going out like Judge Dredd What was in your head when you made those choices? I can only hope that you were plagued by voices When you made those decisions didn't listen to the one that was on your side when you started to slide ...When you arrived back at home, Momma was broken down to the bone, 'cause you were gone so long ... But now our babyboy is back in the house You can see all the smiles... All of a sudden you disappeared again What you... ... When you've done your time and you come back out that doorway You will not find a loved one or a friend You may return to the place where the people used to know you But you can never go home again Never go home, never go home You can never go home again Bruh, the things these eyes have seen would horrify the strongest Went and left a home I haven't been to in the longest Led a life by the sword, force to fall upon it The kites flew, there was nobody left to correspond with Familiar faces either passed on or flipped So there wasn't much left for me to do but dip Too many years lost off the lies of a snitch So it was either do a bid or end up lying in a ditch Left to walk across the land as a mystery Every new town, reinvent a new history I turned my back on my past just to get to see a new day Reframe my identity To get to sleep at night, I need a bout a fifth at least The dirty deeds that I did just to get to eat Melancholy and emptiness The unseen consequence of the conditions of release We found a man the other day, hanging from the ceiling His sentence was almost at an end And there on his bed was a note so sad and simple Said you can never go home again Never go home, never go home You can never go home again Never go home, never go home You can never go home again