Home Away From Home - Pokey LaFarge

Right across the Ohio River you can get your kicks

All the young people are doing it

Down on Bardstown Road we can get some girls

Just bring along your blues and make your money down here

Come on and see what I’m talking about

Forget what it means to be down and out

When we see you comin' we’ll surely jump and shout

Yes, we’ll have a regular, sure gonna have a regular

Good ole time down at the derby ball

Yes, we’re gonna have a good time, it’s true

Oh, you’re gonna see

In that big little city down there in Louisville, what is that to me?

It’s my home away from home

Come on and take a walk on down to memory lane

You ain’t gonna find me down on 4th and Main

I’m following the ghost of Clifford Hayes

On down to Carpet Alley where his jug band played

Do the Nanny Goat Strut on down to Market Street

The trolley hop, sho' nuff, man that’s the place to be

Sunset on the river is a sight to see

Watchin' the barges moving slowly

Just like a duck on a millpond

Trust me from experience

Fun times, I’ve had a million

Whether falling love down in the Louisville summer

Or walking hand in hand through the Tyler Park tunnel

If life keeps throwing you backwards, man

You know you gotta come on down there to the southern land

Where there’s a big little city where the bluegrass grows

It’s got some small town charm just like the bourbon flows

You know the bourbon’s gonna flow like wine