Why are the rain clouds comin' And pourin down on me? And why can't the north wind turn And blow the other way? And where has the sunshine gone? For I can barely see This northern rain is falling And home is calling me And the sun in the southern sky Is all I need to see Just watching a small bird fly Above the fields and me Walking a dusty road When there's nothin' around the bend Except those golden tolls Of goin' home again Going home Going home A muddy old river flowed Beneath the fallen tree And a sunflower garden growed Twice as tall as me My sister and father hear me What I learned today I ain't northern girl I've been too long away Going home Going home And on a starry old summer evening Home ain't warm and sweet I hit the road believing I was bound to leave And it took a New England sky To teach me how to say I ain't no northern girl I've been too long away This ain't no northern song And I've been too long away This ain't no northern song And I've been too long away