Jun. 2, 19781 viewer
Home Sweet Home Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Met this girl called Josephine
And took her up on my machine
We had a little fun
And now we got a little one
Had to get married
Being chased out of town
Found ourselves a place to live
We put all our money down
[Chorus]
Called it home sweet home
Home sweet home
Eleven floors up in a tower block
Happy just to have a home
I've gone and changed the lock on our home
[Verse 2]
Nothing really worked out right
Things got broke, they stayed that way
None of our friends came round at night
Little Sam got no place to play
"We've got to get out of here, Bill," she said
"I've been saying it all the while"
When I came home from work that night
She'd jumped out the window with our child
Met this girl called Josephine
And took her up on my machine
We had a little fun
And now we got a little one
Had to get married
Being chased out of town
Found ourselves a place to live
We put all our money down
[Chorus]
Called it home sweet home
Home sweet home
Eleven floors up in a tower block
Happy just to have a home
I've gone and changed the lock on our home
[Verse 2]
Nothing really worked out right
Things got broke, they stayed that way
None of our friends came round at night
Little Sam got no place to play
"We've got to get out of here, Bill," she said
"I've been saying it all the while"
When I came home from work that night
She'd jumped out the window with our child
[Chorus]
From our home sweet home
Home sweet home
Just a place to take a rest
Just a place to make our nest
We call it home
[Verse 3]
When the insurance money came through
It seemed dirty, didn't know what to do
Took out the cash, went down to the casino
Down on the wheel on a double-O
And I won, yes I won
Like I never won before
Bought myself a country house
With an antique carved oak door
[Chorus]
It was home sweet home
Home sweet home
Just a place to lay our head
Think of all the things we said
[Outro]
Home sweet home, sweet home
Huh, in the home sweet home
Ah, ah
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
From our home sweet home
Home sweet home
Just a place to take a rest
Just a place to make our nest
We call it home
[Verse 3]
When the insurance money came through
It seemed dirty, didn't know what to do
Took out the cash, went down to the casino
Down on the wheel on a double-O
And I won, yes I won
Like I never won before
Bought myself a country house
With an antique carved oak door
[Chorus]
It was home sweet home
Home sweet home
Just a place to lay our head
Think of all the things we said
[Outro]
Home sweet home, sweet home
Huh, in the home sweet home
Ah, ah
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
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Genius Annotation
Song based around the irony of a man’s wife who commits suicide because they are broke, and then he goes and wins the jackpot at the casino with the money from her life insurance, and buys a house with the money. (except, of course, she isnt there to enjoy it. Rather depressing.
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Writer
Publisher
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Background Vocals
Vocals
Saxophone
Organ
Keyboards
Guitar
Drums
Bass
Recorded At
Relight Studios, Hilvarenbeek, Holland
Release Date
June 2, 1978
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