Verse 1:
He had plastic bags wrapped round his shoes
He was covered with the evening news
Had a pair of wool socks on his hands
The banks sign was flashing five below
It was freezin rain and spittin snow
He was curled up behind some garbage cans
Bridge:
I was afraid that he was dead, I gave him a gentle shake
When he opened up his eyes I said, Old man are you ok, He said
Chorus:
I just climbed out of the cotton wood tree
I was running from some honey bee's
Drip-drying in the summer breeze
After jumpin into Calecoe Creek
I was walkin down an old dirt road
Past a field of hey that had just been mowed
Man I wish you'd just left me alone
Cause I was almost home
Verse 2:
Then he said, I was just comin round the barn,
Bout the time you grabbed my arm
I heard momma holler son hurry up
I was close enough for my own nose
To smell fresh cobbler on the stove
I saw daddy loadin up the truck
Bridge:
cane poles on the tailgate, bobbler's blowin in the wind
since July of 55, that's as close as I've been, Yea
Chorus:
I just climbed out of the cotton wood tree
I was running from some honey bee's
Drip-drying in the summer breeze
After jumpin into Calecoe Creek
I was walkin down an old dirt road
Past a field of hey that had just been mowed
Man I wish you'd just left me alone
Cause I was almost home
Verse 3:
I said old man you're gonna freeze to death,
Let me drive you to the mission
He said boy if you'd left me alone
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Right now I'd be fishin
Chorus:
I just climbed out of the cotton wood tree
I was running from some honey bee's
Drip-drying in the summer breeze
After jumpin into Calecoe Creek
I was walkin down an old dirt road
Past a field of hey that had just been mowed
Man I wish you'd just left me alone
Cause I was almost home
Ending:
Man I wish you'd just left me alone
I was almost home