Well you country fools in your one horse town you can laugh at me

But it's plain as rain that you've never been down to the southern sea

To see me now is like watching a fish on dry land

I only wish you could see me down in the islands

Mister, that's my home.

What a fool i was to leave the only happiness i've known



You see me coming, you wink your eye and call me captain jim

And when i don't do nothin' but walk on by you say baby get a load of him



All i need is the sea and the sky and i know where i stand

Instead of you hicks straight out of the sticks deciding i ain't a man

You'll never understand



Up here i'm a whisky bum but down there i'm a king







Sounds just like the angels up in heaven

When they sing

Welcome home, welcome home

Such a sight to see

Instead of some salvation army sister

Singing "nearer my god to thee"



Now i know that yankee whisky has taken away my mind

And i know that rum is the only drink suitable to mankind

And i know this tree i'm under is shaped entirely wrong

I need to see a gentle palm tree and i won't wait to long

I can feel that it's coming on strong



The first cold wind of winter is flapping in my clothes

Showing me the way with the direction that it blows

Welcome home, welcome home