Arlo Guthrie - Slow Boat lyrics

words and music by Arlo Guthrie If I could go back home to the place I was raised I'd catch the next bus and be there in a few days But I just can't do it, I was raised on the road I've got no place to go to, so l guess l'll stay on There's dreams that I've had, I wrote in songs yesterday But the waves of the world have washed them away Still I carry them with me wherever I go They're my only possesions on this slow boat back home I've kept all my memories buried deep in my heart Where time cannot touch them and rip them apart Still I look for the hour when I will be free From constantly dying and living on dreams If I could go back home to the place I was raised I'd catch the next bus and be there in a few days My dreams in my pockets, my life, that's gone wrong They're my only possessions on this slow boat back home