Home I'll Never Be (Jack Kerouac)
I left New York, 1949 To go across the country without a bad-blame dime Montana in the cold cold fall Found my father in a gambling hall Father, father, where have you been? I’ve been in the world since I was only ten Don’t worry about me I’m about to die of the pleurisy Cross the Mississippi, cross the Tennessee Cross the Niagara, home I’ll never be Home in old Medora, home in ol’ Truckee Apalachicola, home I’ll never be Better or for worse and thick and thin Like being married to the little woman God loved me just like I loved him I want you to do just the same for him Oh, the worms eat away But don’t worry watch the wind Oh, the worms eat away But don’t worry watch the wind Oh, the worms eat away But don’t worry watch the wind So I left Montana on an old freight train The night my father died in the cold cold rain Home in old Medora, home in ol’ Truckee Apalachicola, home I’ll never be Home I’ll never be Home I’ll never be
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