Mountain Home

He's going back to Mountain Home Cedar trees and stone Said he's been gone too long He's going back to Mountain Home Live oak and limestone and rivers when it rains Big sky and cedar trees and cold clear springs Every shade of blue, every shade of green He's had gray prison walls, he's due a change of scene He's going back to Mountain Home Cedar trees and stone Said he's been gone too long He's going back to Mountain Home That trouble at the ranch dragged down the family name But he says he got more than his share of the blame He's been locked up in Huntsville for twenty years or so The middle of nowhere is where he wants to go He's going back to Mountain Home Cedar trees and stone Said he's been gone too long He's going back to Mountain Home Flashing yellow light intersection in town Tells travelers to take warning, but most folks don't slow down With the post office closed, the wind's the only sound He's headed home on a one way Greyhound He's going back to Mountain Home Cedar trees and stone Said he's been gone too long He's going back to Mountain Home To that hilltop all alone He's going back to Mountain Home