You Can't Go Home Song Lyrics and Chords by Statler Brothers
You Can't Go Home
Recorded by The Statler Brothers
Written by Don Reid
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Roy taught me how to play baseball
And do the foxtrot on the
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Taught me how to swim and fish
And tell the difference between bass and
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carp
Taught me how to snap my fingers
Whistle through my teeth oh Uncle
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Roy
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sure took time to make times good
For a little pesky half grown
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boy
Aunt Kathleen would wash my clothes
And blow my nose whenever nature
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called
Darn my socks and damn the pox
But kept me out of school from fall to
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fall
Gave me movie money though I never did
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should
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nasty little nephew Kathleen
You sure made aunthood awful
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good
And Freddy used to laugh at me
Whenever something valuable got
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broke
He taught me how to climb a tree
About birds and bees and taught me how to
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smoke
He took me on my first date I was scared to death
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fine
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buddy you're my cousin
But you seem more like a brother of
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mine
But you can't go home to the good times
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Roy's all crippled up now
Kathleen can hardly see
Freddy's off somewhere to fight a
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war
And you can't go home to the good times
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Everything has changed
And who was there to blame
The fact that you just can't go
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home
Looking back I'd say I had the best childhood
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buy
And I owe it all to three good folks
Who took me in when mom began to
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die
They always told me son just do what's right
And you'll be proud just wait and
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see
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Roy and Kathleen I'm only proud
That you're the ones who's proud of
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me
But you can't go home to the good times
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Roy's rheumatism Kathleen's cataract
And Freddy's fightin' someone else's
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war
FAQ
Who sang the the song You Can't Go Home?
- The song You Can't Go Home was sang by Statler Brothers.
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