I left my home town 
Went back to basics 
I had no friends 
Now what a shame 
I wrote my mother nearly every day 
She didn't write back, not a page. 
I tore the place down 
I tore the place down 
And I hope you're gonna come back someday 
I can't go on living this way 
I'm a simple man, I live afraid. 
 my homestead, mostly made of wooden planks that I had found.
I wrote my girlfriend but she just left me 
And to make me feel down. 
I tore the place down. 
I tore the place down. 
And I hope you're gonna come back someday, 
I can't go on living this way 
I'm a simple man, I live afraid. 
Tore the place down and you don't mind 
It only made it easier for me to find. 
I was just a summer night (?) now you've got up and you're gone. 
I tore the place down the other day, 
It only made it easier for me to stay. 
It was just a summer night (?) and I got up and you're gone. 
Oh now, hope you're gonna come back someday, 
I can't go on living this way. 
I'm a simple man I live afraid. 
(Done by ear, sorry for any mistakes! Best I could get)