The Fields of Home

VERSE 1
I remember how I’d cuss
The taste of that old hillside dust
And the hot, July sun that burned my back
As I walked between the rows
I dreamed of places that I’d go
Far away from the fields of home

VERSE 2
A young man longs to get away
And I told dad I would someday
And I remember how I laughed at his reply
When he said son, someday you’ll long
To kiss this ground you’re standing on
When there’s miles between you and
The fields of home

CHORUS
I left before I turned eighteen
I set out to do big things
I didn’t write or call
I thought I knew it all
And for a while I lived it up
But when I got down on my luck
I started longing for
The fields of home

VERSE 3
Now 20 years have slipped away
But I went back the other day
And found the weeds had taken daddy’s farm
I looked for Gene’s old grocery store
The road don’t run by there no more
And I didn’t recognize
The fields of home

CHORUS 2
I left before I turned eighteen
I set out to do big things
I didn’t write or call
I thought I knew it all
I can’t believe how things have changed
And they won’t ever be the same
I wish I’d never left
The fields of home

TAG
Ooh, tonight I long to walk
The fields of home

Lead vocals: Kenny Chesney & Larry Cordle
Background vocals: Larry Cordle & Randy Kohrs on “Gene’s Old grocery store” line
Banjo: Kristin Scott Benson
Bass: Mike Anglin
Dobro: Kim Gardner
Fiddle: Jenee Fleenor
Guitar D position: Booie Beach
Guitar E position: Bryan Sutton
Mandolin: Chris Davis