Whippoorwill roosts on the telephone pole as the Georgia sun goes down.
Though it's been a long time, I'm glad to say I'm goin' back to my hometown.
I'm going down to the Greyhound station gonna buy me a one-way fare
If the good Lord's willin' and the creeks don't rise, tomorrow morning, I'll be there.

CHORUS: Don't it make you want to go home now? Don't it make you wanna go home?
All God's children get weary when they roam. Don't it make you want to go home?

There's a drag-strip down by the creek where I used to skinny dip as a child
And a four-lane down by the meadow where the strawberries used to grow wild.
There's a drive-in down by the riverside where my grandma's cow used to graze,
And the grass don't grow and the river don't flow like it used to in my childhood days.

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Chords are simple G Am D an easy song but can be played with a lotta feeling. Too bad someone else doesn't like or understand where Joe South was coming from. He's probably masturbating on his old KISS albums and sniffing solvents and he probably can't sing or play worth a shit anyway.
Cheers
Whiskey Mike