Rodney Crowell - Hungry For Home Lyrics

Rodney Crowell Lyrics

"Hungry For Home"

I love fat back on mustard greens
Gobbled up an onion like a peach I've seen
Seen a pot of hot collards
Make a monkey out of full grown men
John cakes bigger than a catcher's mitt
Butter on a biscuit and a plate of hot grits
Soak them in molasses and
Let them run on down your chin

I'm hungry for home
I've been gone to long
Feeling beat up and bent
I guess I'm pretty well spent
I try to make my mark
Everywhere I roam
But I'm losing my spark
I'm hungry for home

A Frito pie and a Nehi grape
Sure love leave you in a tip-top shape
Ain't nothing like sitting down eating
Keeps your hopes up high
A pinto bean and a black-eyed pea
Boiled red cabbage and believe you me
A deviled egg and a chicken leg
Says you're never gonna ever say die

I'm hungry for home
I've been gone to long
Feeling beat up and bent
I guess I'm pretty well spent
I try to make my mark
Everywhere I roam
But I'm losing my spark
I'm hungry for home

Popcorn Shrimp, that ought to do
Next best thing to a catfish stew
You catch them in the river and
Cook them in the frying pan
A Lemon Merigue on the windowsill
Sweet iced tea for to drink your fill
Papa come and get it
Better live it up while we can

I'm hungry for home
I've been gone to long
Feeling beat up and bent
I guess I'm pretty well spent
I try to make my mark
Everywhere I roam
But I'm losing my spark
I'm hungry for home

I'm hungry for home
I'm hungry for home
I'm hungry for home

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Thanks to Jef for adding these lyrics.

Writer(s): Rodney Crowell, Mary Karr

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"Hungry For Home" lyrics

Rodney Crowell Lyrics