When You're A Long, Long Way From Home
Composer(s): Sam M. Lewis; Geo. W. Meyer
Performer(s): Harry James;
and various other artists



I know where the sun is shining 
I know where someone is pining 
just a simple pal a country gal 
I know she's true
What's the use of tears and sighing 
after many years of trying 
guess I'm going home no more to roam 
I'm feeling blue

When I leave this town I'll hurry 
where they never frown or worry 
when I say goodbye no one will sigh 
when I am gone give me back the brooks 
and clover with those shady nooks
all over I could be content without a cent 
where I was born

When you're a long long way from home 
it makes you feel like you're alone 
it's hard to find a pal that's true 
that you can tell your troubles to 
and when you send a letter home 
your mother's voice rings in your ears 
and then you cross the T's with kisses 
what a strange world this is 
then you dot the I's with tears 
and all the sunshine turns to gloom 
when you're a long way from home