Way Back Home Lyrics - Jr. Walker & The All Stars Ultimate Collection - Junior Walker And The All Stars

Oh, there's good 'n' bad things about the South, boy 

Oh, and some leave a bitter taste in my mouth, now 

Yeah, like the black man livin' across the track 

White man were on the other side holdin' him back 

Way back home, now 

Oh, but we won't talk about that 'cause it's understood 

Everybody sees the bad but what about the good? 

Ooh, I'd give anything just to smell that scent 

Of honeysuckle growin' on a backyard fence 

Way back home, now 

Oh heaven scent, y'all 

(Way back home) 

Yeah, way back home 

(Way back home) 

Thinkin' on back home 

I'd love to smell the wetness of grass and trees 

And see ground kissed by honey bees 

Like way back home, now 

Oh, but childhood days are dead 'n' gone 

Well, but the memories still linger on 

Oh, have you ever gone swimmin' in a muddy creek 

With nothin' on your body from head to feet? 

Way back home, yeah 

How you play for the game like hide an seek 

Yeah, and snake through the weeds overhear the streams 

Well, I know some kids still play those games 

But when they play it just ain't the same 

Like way back home 

Sad to sing it, y'all 

(Way back home) 

Yeah, way back home, way back home 

(Way back home) 

Oh yeah 

Oh, I really miss those things that have faded away 

I remember them like it was yesterday 

Now, way back home 

Way back home 

Way back home 

Way back home 

Way back home