[Intro]

   

[Verse 1]

     
If I woke up o

ne morning wit

h my memory go

ne
    
I'd pick out s

ome clothes an

d I'd put 'em 

on
        
And I'd walk d

own the street

, and find a c

afe
        
And I'd order 

a Guinness, an

d I'd sit ther

e all day

         
And some kids 

would come in 

and start a fu

ss
      
About how grea

t their weeken

d in New Orlea

ns was
         
Then I'd look 

down and smile

 like their ta

le was my own
       
I'd be drownin

g in memory, a

nd then I woul

d know

       
How it used to

 be in summer,

 so many years

 ago
        
When we really

 didn't worry,

 or care to kn

ow

Where we would

 be, or how ol

d we had grown
         
Then I'd open 

my eyes and I 

know I was


[Chorus]

             
Home, where my

       
 friends are
           
Even when I'm 

              
not, I wish yo

    
u were here


[Verse 2]


Then it would 

rain, like it 

sometimes does
    
And if we were

 bored, it wou

ldn't bother u

s
          
We'd just get 

in the car and

 drive through

 the night
       
And be lost in

 East Texas, b

ut no one woul

d mind

            
'Cause we'd fi

nd our way hom

e like we alwa

ys do

Funny how the 

time flies in 

our youth
         
But with darkn

ess approachin

g, we will all

 grow close
       
In the place w

e'll call Heav

en but for now

, we'll just c

all it


[Chorus]

             
Home, where my

       
 friends are
           
Even when I'm 

              
not, I wish yo

    
u were here
              
I'll see you a

  
t home

  


[Outro]

    (3x)