I'm leaving home I'm crossing boundaries I'm doing things I've only dreamed When I was just a boy I couldn't wait to leave This country home Just take flight alone and be free As I made my way Found new forms of bondage Bills to pay And a love grown cold My selfish ways Brought lonesome misery I hated everyone Led me once again to say I'm leaving home I'm burning bridges I'm doing things I've only dreamed Again I found New prisons that held me Things to dull my pains Lonely women who'll gladly spend the night Made a wreck out of my life My children all hate me My ex wives feel the same A trail of broken promises as I leave My wicked life Has taken a toll on me My body's failing From the poisons in my life So before I die I make apologies Makin up for lost time As the shadows start to fall I'm leaving home I'm mending bridges I'm fixing things Before I leave I'm heading home I'm crossing Jordan I see the the Glory Of coming home