Walkin' Home Lyrics - Iris Dement

I'm walkin' home tonight 

The streets are glowing 'neath the pale moonlight 

I look around, there's not a soul in sight 

and I'm walkin' home 

Once again I hear my mother's voice 

and all us kids making a bunch of noise 

If I'm not careful I might start to cry 

Just walkin' home tonight 

I turn my head and hear the screen door slam 

and there he is, that tall and dark-haired man 

He looks my way but all alone he stands 

and I am walkin' home 

He's my Dad, you know I was his girl 

He taught me all he knew about this world 

and then he traveled right on out of sight 

and I'm just walkin' home tonight 

I'm walkin' home tonight 

The streets are glowing 'neath the pale moonlight 

I look around, there's not a soul in sight 

and I am walkin' home 

Old worn-out couches and a bunch of kids 

Four to a bedroom and all Mom's plates were chipped 

but I never knew about the things I missed 

and I'm walkin' home 

You see, it's just the place where I come from 

and, good or bad, it's where the deal was done 

Mom and Dad, their daughters and their sons 

and I'm just walkin' home tonight