Lyric Back Home in Huntsville Again

(Shel Silverstein)

Open the gates up, hey, screw did you miss me
Jimmy I see that you found a new friend
Warden come down here and kiss me, hello
Cause I m back home in Huntsville again.

This suit that I m wearing cost two hundred dollars
But I got it free with a three dollar knife
I got tailor made shirts with them long pointy collars
And all it s gonna cost is ten years of my life.

So open the gates up, hey, screw did you miss me
Jimmy I see that you found a new friend
Warden come down here and kiss me, hello
Cause I m back home in Huntsville again.

I ve been rousted and turned out at three in the morning
I ve been roughed up and shook down and stood on my ear
I ve tried to find work but they called me a jailbird
So I went for the bundle and I ve wound up back here.

So open the gates up, hey, screw did you miss me
Jimmy I see that you found a new friend
Warden come down here and kiss me, hello
Cause I m back home in Huntsville again.

I found me a woman as warm as the sunshine
Took her a year to slip out of her dress
She talk about havin a little rose covered cottage
But roses cost money and you know the rest.

So open the gates up, hey, screw did you miss me
Jimmy I see that you found a new friend
Warden come down here and kiss me, hello
Cause I m back home in Huntsville again.

Yes, I m back home in Huntsville again...