Donand't it make you want to go home- artist: brook benton as sung on andquot;the satin sound brook bentonandquot;- suffolk marketing-smi 2- peak billboard position # 45 in 1970- words and music by joe southoh, the whippoorwill roosts on the telephone poleand the georgia sun goes downwell, itand's been a long, long time but iand'm glad that iand'mgoinand' back to my home towngoinand' down to the greyhound stationgonna buy me a one-way fareand if the good lordand's willinand' and the creeks donand't riseby tomorrow, ah, iand'm gonna be theredonand't it make you want to go home?donand't it make you want to go home?all godand's children get weary when they roamdonand't it make you want to go home?thereand's a six-lane highway down by the creekwhere i went skinny-dippinand' as a childand a drive-in show where the meadows used to growand the strawberries used to grow wildthereand's a drag strip down by the riversidewhere my grandmaand's cow used to grazenow the grass donand't grow and the river donand't flowlike it did in my childhood days(donand't it make you wanna go home?)(donand't it make you wanna go home?)all godand's children get weary when they roam(donand't it make you) wanna, wanna go home?andlt;mixtureandgt; background singers sing andquot;itand's different, itand's different , itand's different, sodifferent now andquot; while brook scats with variations on andquot;donand't it make you wanna go home?andquot;and then andquot;but all godand's children get weary when they roam, and donand't it make you wanna gohome?andquot;andlt;brook strings togetherandgt; andquot;donand't it make you wanna to go home donand't it make you wanna go home and now-ah, donand't it make you wanna go home, donand't it make you wanna go home?andquot;all of godand's children get weary when they roam(donand't it make you) spoken: andquot;andandquot; (want to go home?)spoken: iand'm goinand' homeandlt;mixtureandgt; whistling plus a series of (donand't it make you want to go home?) to endtranscribed by robin hoodthese lyrics were transcribed from the specific recording mentioned aboveand do not necessarily correspond with lyrics from other recordings, sheetmusic, songbooks or lyrics printed on album jackets.
