"Daddy" lyrics

Well I'm finally gonna write you
That letter that I've owed you for a long long time
I can't say much for me
But I do hope that y'all are doin' fine!
Well how is Berry and Virginia
Are they still livin' down on the farm?
You know, sometimes I get so lonesome, daddy
I wish I'd never left home!

Well, are you workin' hard these days
Are you doin' all the things the doctor said you oughta do?
And did you sell all your tobacco
Did the crops bring in what you thought they would?
Well, I might as well get to the point
Last night I tried to call you on the phone
What I'm gettin' at, I guess
Is if I had the money, daddy, I'd come home!

'Cause every night I hear an old southbound train, whistle a-blowin'
And daddy, it's callin' me home!

I been to New York, Chicago
Wheeling West Virginia, Nashville Tennessee
And singers are as thick as fleas on a dog's back
By the way, how's ole Lee?
And I've done changed my name so many times
I don't even know who I am!
And daddy, I sure miss them pinto beans
And cornbread and country ham

Now I know I shoulda listened
When you said that I had no business comin' way out west
And that a girl belongs at home, on the farm where she was born
Raisin' young-uns like all the rest!
Well, I know it now, that's why I'm writin'
And why I tried to call you on the phone
What I'm really tryin' to say is
If you send me the money, I'll come home!

'Cause every night I hear an old southbound train, whistle a-blowin'
And daddy, it's callin' me home