Cody Johnson - Never Go Home Again Lyrics

Scatter gun blast, tens in the air
Half a million in a burlap sack
Y'all have a nice day as we make our way
To the caddie in the ally out back
See when times get hard
Some good ol' boys turn to a life of sin
We're like Robin Hood, we're just twice as good
But we can never go home again

Well, I grew up singing Amazing Grace
In a little white church in the woods
My mama prayed hard for all of her boys
But her praying didn't do a bit of good
The sheriff and the banker man came to push us off of our land
And now they're six feet deep
And my brothers and me we can never go home again

Lord, forgive me, I know just what I do
I'll take what I need
And then I'll leave the rest to my mama and you
And that tin roof cabin might not have been heaven
But it's closer than I've ever been
God bless an outlaw's weary soul
I can never go home again

Sometimes I dream of that old front porch
And my mama patching up a quilt
While my brothers and me lay around in the shade
Of that live oak tree on the hill
Now it's hide-out shacks, better watch your back
And cover every track of where you've been
A thousand wrongs won't ever make it right
I can never go home again

Lord, forgive me, I know just what I do
I'll take what I need
And then I'll leave the rest to my mama and you
And that tin roof cabin might not have been heaven
But it's closer than I've ever been
God bless an outlaw's weary soul
I can never go home again

Scatter gun blast tears a ten inch hole
Through an empty burlap sack
As I say my peace for my brothers and me
My whole world fades to black
There's three new graves underneath the shade of
That live oak tree on the hill
Overlooking mama's porch with a fresh coat of paint
And a shiny new Coup De Ville

Lord, forgive me, I know just what I've done
Well, I've been through hell and found myself
On the wrong end of a gun
And that tin roof cabin might not have been heaven
But it's closer than I've ever been
God bless an outlaw's weary soul
I thought I'd never make it home again
God bless an outlaw's weary soul
I guess I finally made it home again