[00:06.024] You know it’s hard to get back home
[00:10.242] Where the grass is green, and the sun is warm —
[00:15.867] Yeah, a home-cooked meal would sure taste good
[00:21.151] And the night to spend with the ones you love
[00:26.235] Now, I had a pal, called her “Sweet Rose”
[00:31.529] We used to meet down at the old drugstore
[00:36.669] And there’s many a time I’ve walked her home
[00:41.492] On Saturday night from the picture show —
[00:46.874] But you know it’s hard to get back home
[00:51.937] And see things die that you once loved so —
[00:57.117] Yeah, the barber shop has long been closed
[01:02.130] Where we used to play ’round the peppermint pole
[01:07.377] Yeah, you know it’s hard, to get back home . .
[01:12.485] The summer days, they were slow and long
[01:17.602] Where your mind was free, and your heart was strong
[01:22.796] And the sun went down through the waving corn
[01:47.822] Oh, you know it’s hard to get back home
[01:53.088] And there ain’t no way, it’s been too long
[01:58.007] But if you see my pal, well, tell her “hello.”
[02:03.236] I guess her name will still be Rose