calling home

phoenix

arizona

albuquerque

new mexico

the navajo

the american indians

the first inhabitants of americana

i miss my baby

i miss my wife

i miss my home and the quiet

quiet life

all the things we love seem so far away

but here temptation stares me in the face

go back to the room turn johnny carson on

it's early morning there but i think i'm gonna phone

home

calling home

calling home

i left my country

but now i'm torn

i miss the place where i was born

grew tired of lying politics

new spin doctors same old tricks

now i'm restless born to roam

destination still unknown

home

calling home

calling home

every time i hear that lonesome train roll down the track

going away to unknown destinations

now

i was in new orleans by the mississippi river

it seems that all the music that inspired me started here

then drifted up the big river to become rock 'n' roll

there was a voice starting to emerge in the songs

that came from within me

pushing me somewhere

but i missed home

the calls back home

and time and place didn't seem to matter anymore

and is the shadow on the sidewalk

someone like you

it's time you made your getaway