ÿþ<HTML> <HEAD> <TITLE>Home I'll Never Be Lyrics</title><!-- saved from url=(0029)http://www.ripcat.idps.co.uk/ --> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META NAME="description" content="Tom Waits Silver Cloud Lounge - Bestowing information about Tom Waits to the musically appreciative populace"> <META NAME="keywords" content="Tom Waits, tom waits, tomwaits, TomWaits, Waits Tom, Silver Cloud Lounge, Closing Time, Heart Of Saturday Night, Small Change, Foreign Affairs, Blue Valentine, Heartattack And Vine, Swordfishtrombones, Raindogs, Franks Wild Years, Bone Machine, Black Rider, Mule Variations, Early Years, One From The Heart, Night On Earth, Beautiful Maladies, Bounced Cheques, Asylum Years, Nighthawks At The Diner, Bigtime, Holly Cole, Chuck E Weiss, Tom, Waits, "> <META NAME="Generator" CONTENT="notepad"> <META NAME="author" CONTENT= "paul@webmartin.co.uk"> <META NAME="copyright" CONTENT="Copyright © 2002 WebMartin Software Solutions"> </HEAD> <BODY BACKGROUND="../graphics/background.jpg" BGCOLOR="#DEDDD1" VLINK="BLUE"> <LINK REL=STYLESHEET TYPE="text/css" HREF="../style.css"> <SCRIPT><!-- defaultStatus = document.title; //--></SCRIPT> <CENTER> <TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=2 width="90%" border=2 BGCOLOR="#DEDDD1"> <TR align=middle bgColor=gray><TH><FONT color=#deddd1 size=6> Home I'll Never Be</FONT><BR><FONT color=#deddd1 size=2>(Jack Kerouac) </FONT></TH></TR> <TR vAlign=top align=middle><TD width="50%"> I left New York, 1949<br> To go across the country without a bad-blame dime<br> Montana in the cold cold fall<br> Found my father in a gambling hall<br> <br> Father, father, where have you been?<br> I ve been in the world since I was only ten<br> Don t worry about me I m about to die of the pleurisy<br> Cross the Mississippi, cross the Tennessee<br> Cross the Niagara, home I ll never be<br> Home in old Medora, home in ol Truckee<br> Apalachicola, home I ll never be<br> <br> Better or for worse and thick and thin<br> Like being married to the little woman<br> God loved me just like I loved him<br> I want you to do just the same for him<br> Oh, the worms eat away<br> But don t worry watch the wind<br> Oh, the worms eat away<br> But don t worry watch the wind<br> Oh, the worms eat away<br> But don t worry watch the wind<br> <br> So I left Montana on an old freight train<br> The night my father died in the cold cold rain<br> Home in old Medora, home in ol Truckee<br> Apalachicola, home I ll never be<br> Home I ll never be<br> Home I ll never be </TD> </TR> <TR ALIGN="CENTER" BGCOLOR="LIGHTGREY"><td><A HREF="reviews.htm">Reviews</A></TD> </TABLE> <SCRIPT LANGUAGE="Javascript" SRC="../javascript/waitsnav.js"></SCRIPT> </CENTER> </BODY> </HTML>