Lyrics to
Goin’ Home

This version of Goin’ Home was released by Willie Nelson in 1971.

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The closer I get to my home Lord the more I wanna be there
There’ll be a gatherin’ of loved ones and friends Lord you know I wanna be there
There’ll be a mixture of teardrops and flowers crying and talking for hours
Bout how wild that I was and if I’d listened to them I wouldn’t be there

Well there’s old Charlie Toll they threw away the mold when they made him
And Jimmy McCline it looks like the wine’s finally laid him
And Billie McRae that I could any day in a card game
And Bessie McNeal but her tears are real I can see pain
There’s a mixture of teardrops…

Lord thanks for ride I got a feeling inside that I know you
And if you see your way you’re welcome to stay cause I’m gonna need you
There’s be a mixture of teardrops….

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About Lyrics and Goin’ Home by Willie Nelson

The lyrics for Goin’ Home are defined as the words making up the song released by Willie Nelson in 1971. It also includes the verses and words used by the background chorus in the song. Like many hit songs, the lyrics to Goin’ Home have different meanings to different people. While it is clear in some of the lyrics what the artist is trying to really say, only Willie Nelson and those working with them know all of the meanings behind all of the lyrics to their songs.

Some folks are interested in word and phrase etymology. It is easy to understand the lyrics to Goin’ Home by Willie Nelson if you think through it. The word "lyric" itself derives from the Latin word lyricus, with the actual English word lyrics applied to the definition "words set to music" listed in Stainer and Barrett's 1876 Dictionary of Musical Terms. Continuing the chain, the Latin word lyricus derives from the Greek word λυρικός or lyrikós. This somewhat means "poetry accompanied by the lyre" or "words set to music." You can easily see that by looking at the background of the word lyric, that the "lyrics to Goin’ Home" means the words set to the music of Goin’ Home, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Willie Nelson. The singular form "lyric" is still used to mean the complete words to a song. However, the singular form lyric is also commonly used to refer to a specific line (or phrase) within a song's lyrics. Hence, by this analysis of word structure, you could say that the lyric to Goin’ Home and the lyrics to Goin’ Home are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Willie Nelson who came here looking just for the lyrics to Goin’ Home, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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