Soo Line Loons - Homecoming Lyrics

I had just got out of prison, it was cold
it was Christmas Eve
I was going to my sisters to go and see
What was left of my family
Well, she lives all the way across town
On the right side of them railroad tracks
I’ve come this far I’m not looking back now
Passing by the same old haunts
With the same old drunks hiding the same old wants
Been three months dry and Lord I never felt more gone
So I stopped in to Kelly’s for a drink
See if she’s still working, see if she remembers me
And by the look on her face I think she does
I could tell by her tone
Somewhere along the way she’d been told
Don’t talk to the animal girl, just leave him alone
Guess there’s no homecoming for a man like me
There ain’t no room on these God Damn city streets
For the blood-stained hands, on my family’s black sheep
So just one more beer and I swear I’ll leave
One more beer and I swear I’ll leave
Stumbled out in to the Midwest snow
With smoke coming off of my Carhart coat
And so much, for “You can always go back home”
Feel like a car someone sold for parts
All those years I spent behind those bars
I meant to leave, I never meant to go that far
Never did feel too bad
For killing that man who took my sisters left hand
Gave her a girl, and in to the night he ran
Guess there’s no homecoming for a man like me
There ain’t no room on these God Damn city streets
For the blood-stained hands, on my family’s black sheep
So just one more beer and I swear I’ll leave
One more beer and I swear I’ll leave
Well coming up on her big house now
I see them through that window
Looks like they’re doing just fine on their own
Looks like Jimmy turned eighteen
I see he’s got that uniform
Looks just like his daddy
But that boy ain't made for war
One more cigarette
and I’ll shuffle on inside
See if I’ve lost more than time in my life
Knock, knock, knock on the door
Niece answers it and she looks at me
And then she says hello
And I could tell by her tone
Somewhere along the way she’d been told
Don’t talk to the animal girl, just leave him alone
Don’t talk to the animal girl, just leave him alone
Don’t talk to the animal girl, just leave him alone
Guess there’s no homecoming for a man like me
There ain’t no room on these God Damn city streets
For the blood-stained hands, on my family’s black sheep
So just one more beer and I swear I’ll leave
One more beer and I swear I’ll leave

I had just got out of prison, it was cold
it was Christmas Eve
I was going to my sisters to go and see
What was left of my family
Well, she lives all the way across town
On the right side of them railroad tracks
I’ve come this far I’m not looking back now
Passing by the same old haunts
With the same old drunks hiding the same old wants
Been three months dry and Lord I never felt more gone
So I stopped in to Kelly’s for a drink
See if she’s still working, see if she remembers me
And by the look on her face I think she does
I could tell by her tone
Somewhere along the way she’d been told
Don’t talk to the animal girl, just leave him alone
Guess there’s no homecoming for a man like me
There ain’t no room on these God Damn city streets
For the blood-stained hands, on my family’s black sheep
So just one more beer and I swear I’ll leave
One more beer and I swear I’ll leave
Stumbled out in to the Midwest snow
With smoke coming off of my Carhart coat
And so much, for “You can always go back home”
Feel like a car someone sold for parts
All those years I spent behind those bars
I meant to leave, I never meant to go that far
Never did feel too bad
For killing that man who took my sisters left hand
Gave her a girl, and in to the night he ran
Guess there’s no homecoming for a man like me
There ain’t no room on these God Damn city streets
For the blood-stained hands, on my family’s black sheep
So just one more beer and I swear I’ll leave
One more beer and I swear I’ll leave
Well coming up on her big house now
I see them through that window
Looks like they’re doing just fine on their own
Looks like Jimmy turned eighteen
I see he’s got that uniform
Looks just like his daddy
But that boy ain't made for war
One more cigarette
and I’ll shuffle on inside
See if I’ve lost more than time in my life
Knock, knock, knock on the door
Niece answers it and she looks at me
And then she says hello
And I could tell by her tone
Somewhere along the way she’d been told
Don’t talk to the animal girl, just leave him alone
Don’t talk to the animal girl, just leave him alone
Don’t talk to the animal girl, just leave him alone
Guess there’s no homecoming for a man like me
There ain’t no room on these God Damn city streets
For the blood-stained hands, on my family’s black sheep
So just one more beer and I swear I’ll leave
One more beer and I swear I’ll leave