I remember the day I caught the train I was standin' out at the railway station soakin' wet with rain Fortune and fame is not for me And all those pretty stories ain't what they're cooked up to be Every move I made was wrong If I had any sense I'd go back home Well, my mother was cryin', my father had an aching heart He said, "Son, oh son, please don't let us part" My sweetheart stood cryin', I cried a little bit too But I didn't have the will to stop, I had to do what I had to do Every move I made was wrong If I had any sense I'd go back home Oh, my baby wrote me a letter saying come back to my side But I can't go back now 'cause I got too much pride I'm havin' so much trouble, I don't know what to do Nothing but my mother and father's prayers to see me through I stayed away too long If I had any sense I'd go back home