Almost Home

he had plastic bags wrapped around his shoes he was covered with the evening news had a pair of old wool socks on his hands the bank sign was flashin five below it was freezing rain and spitting snow he was curled up behind some garbage cans i was afraid that he was dead i gave him a gentle shake when he opened up his eyes i said old man are you okay he said Chorus: i just crawled out of a cottonwood tree i was runnin from some hunny bees drip dryin in the summer breeze after jumpin into calico creek i was walkin down an old dirt road past a field of hay that had just been mowed man i wish youd just left me alone cause i was almost home and he said i was just comin round the barn bout the time you grabbed my arm and i heard mama holler son hurry up and i was close enough for my own nose to smell fresh cobbler on the stove and i saw daddy loadin up the truck cane poles on the tailgate bobbers blowin in the wind since july of 55 thats as close as i've been