I left behind a very beautiful girl
not nothing stood in his way
And old John Amos he was slick and sly
and made my little girl cry
Now old John Amos thought
And every night he went to see my babe
He kept her believing that I was no doubt
He made her believe another girl I found
If I'd have a ring to try and win her heart
well, she tore them all apart
An d while I was a -roamin' around
I got to thinkin' about that girl of mine
An d why she wasn't right in me
I got the urge to go home and see,
well I was a dumb but a weakin' thing
This love of my heart won't let me stay
I could have fell off the dais
When she told me what Johnny was saying
Johnny was told the lies were heard
I'm gonna flag in his eye
That if I never left, he could never lie
that I had come back home
Before John Amos got my girl and gone
To thank the Lord that I had come back home
I thank the Lord that I have come back home
I thank the Lord that I have come back home
I thank the Lord that I have
I thank the Lord that I have come back home