Released: June 24, 2013
Songwriter: Bernie Taupin Elton John
Producer: T-Bone Burnett
[Verse 1]
I’m countin' on a memory to get me outta here
I’m waitin' for the fog around this spooky little town to clear
All this time I’ve spent bein' someone else’s friend
Just one more time, for old time’s sake, I’d like to go back home again
[Verse 2]
The world had seven wonders once upon a time
It’s sure enough the favoured nations aided their decline
And all around me, I’ve seen times like it was back when
But like back then, I’d say amen if I could get back home again
[Chorus]
If I could go back home, if I could go back home
If I’d never left, I’d never have known
We all dream of leavin', but wind up in the end
Spendin' all our time tryin' to get back home again
[Verse 3]
Could've been a jailbreak and the spotlight hittin' me
Or was I just some nightclub singer, back in 1963
In the old part of Valencia on the coast of Spain
Never tirin' once of hearin' songs about goin' home again
[Chorus]
If I could go back home, if I could go back home
If I’d never left, I’d never have known
We all dream of leavin', but wind up in the end
Spendin' all our time tryin' to get back home again
[Chorus]
If I could go back home, if I could go back home
If I’d never left, I’d never have known
We all dream of leavin', but wind up in the end
Spendin' all our time tryin' to get back home again
I’m countin' on a memory to get me outta here
I’m waitin' for the fog around this spooky little town to clear
All this time I’ve spent bein' someone else’s friend
Just one more time, for old time’s sake, I’d like to go back home again
[Verse 2]
The world had seven wonders once upon a time
It’s sure enough the favoured nations aided their decline
And all around me, I’ve seen times like it was back when
But like back then, I’d say amen if I could get back home again
[Chorus]
If I could go back home, if I could go back home
If I’d never left, I’d never have known
We all dream of leavin', but wind up in the end
Spendin' all our time tryin' to get back home again
[Verse 3]
Could've been a jailbreak and the spotlight hittin' me
Or was I just some nightclub singer, back in 1963
In the old part of Valencia on the coast of Spain
Never tirin' once of hearin' songs about goin' home again
[Chorus]
If I could go back home, if I could go back home
If I’d never left, I’d never have known
We all dream of leavin', but wind up in the end
Spendin' all our time tryin' to get back home again
[Chorus]
If I could go back home, if I could go back home
If I’d never left, I’d never have known
We all dream of leavin', but wind up in the end
Spendin' all our time tryin' to get back home again
more tracks from the album
Diamonds (Deluxe)
- Looking Up
- This Train Don’t Stop There Anymore
- Song for Guy
- I Want Love
- Something About the Way You Look Tonight
- Live Like Horses (Single Version)
- Believe
- Don’t Go Breaking My Heart
- True Love
- The One
- Sacrifice
- That’s What Friends Are For
- Can You Feel the Love Tonight (End Title)
- Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds
- Skyline Pigeon (Piano Version)
- Good Morning to the Night
- Written in the Stars
- Don’t Let the Sun Go Down on Me
- Circle of Life
- Electricity
- Step into Christmas
- Are You Ready for Love (’79 Version Radio Edit)
- Pinball Wizard
- Mama Can’t Buy You Love
- I Don’t Wanna Go on with You Like That
- Nikita
- Sad Songs (Say So Much)
- Daniel
- Candle in the Wind
- Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
- Saturday Night’s Alright (for Fighting)
- Philadelphia Freedom
- Home Again
- Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word
- Crocodile Rock
- Bennie and the Jets
- Tiny Dancer
- Your Song
- Honky Cat
- The Bitch is Back
- Empty Garden (Hey Hey Johnny)
- Blue Eyes
- Kiss the Bride
- I Guess That’s Why They Call It the Blues
- Victim of Love
- I’m Still Standing
- Little Jeannie
- Part-Time Love
- Island Girl
- Someone Saved My Life Tonight
- Rocket Man (I Think It’s Going to Be a Long, Long Time)
From the albums
- The Diving Board (2013)
- Diamonds (Deluxe) (2017)
Elton John popular songs
- Your Song
- Rocket Man (I Think It’s Going to Be a Long, Long Time)
- Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
- Tiny Dancer
- Bennie and the Jets
- I’m Still Standing
- Can You Feel the Love Tonight (End Title)
- Don’t Let the Sun Go Down on Me
- Candle in the Wind
- Daniel
- Saturday Night’s Alright (for Fighting)
- Crocodile Rock
- I Guess That’s Why They Call It the Blues
- Candle in the Wind 1997
- Sacrifice
- Levon
- Mona Lisas and Mad Hatters
- Someone Saved My Life Tonight
- Border Song
- Honky Cat
- The One
- The Bitch is Back
- Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word
- Electricity (Billy Elliot)