Thumbin' My Way Home lyrics

One suitcase a heartache and a roadmap I'm headin' east just out of San Antone Comin' my way home to West Virginia they're wonderin' why I stayed away so long Got a letter from mama in my pocket she wrote to tell me dad had done passed all One suitcase a heartache and a roadmap a lonely man just thumbin' my way home Thumbin' my way home to West Virginia a broken heart inside a lonesome man Maybe I can help to ease mom's heartaches and I'll try to help her understand Gonna take the job that dad left in the coalmines And stay with mom so she won't belong I'll make up for ten long years of roamin' that's why I'm thumbin' my way home Yes that's why I'm thumbin' my way home