A Song from Home

I strummed and sang my heart out

Played every song I knew

The young lady clapped her hands along

She asked: Is there one I know you’ll do

I smiled and said what do you know

She said sing me songs of home

I drank a few too many beers

And kinda feeling all alone

You see at sixteen I ran away

I thought I knew it all

At seventeen I discovered drugs

Needle tracks in the hall

At eighteen I turned a trick

Too late I knew that I was hooked

At nineteen I was arrested

Prostitution charges booked

At twenty I found hope in Jesus

Or maybe he found hope in me

I’ve been clean for six months now

The Lord worked his love you see

So now I’m working saving money

I’ll soon have enough to go

To the arms of Mom and Daddy

Who still want me back I know

I picked up my old six string

I said this one’s for you

It’s one I think you’ll like

I’ll play “Amazing Grace” for you.