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
The Diving Board
- Home Again
- Candlelit Bedroom[Deluxe Edition Bonus Track]
- Mexican Vacation (Kids In The Candlelight) (live from Capitol Studios)
- The New Fever Waltz (Live From Capitol Studios)
- Candlelit Bedroom
- Gauguin Gone Hollywood
- Home Again (Live From Capitol Studios)
- Dream # 1
- Dream # 3
- The Diving Board
- Mexican Vacation (Kids In The Candlelight)
- The New Fever Waltz
- Oceans Away
- Oscar Wilde Gets Out
- A Town Called Jubilee
- The Ballad Of Blind Tom
- My Quicksand
- Can’t Stay Alone Tonight
- Voyeur
- Take This Dirty Water
- Dream # 2
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)