Thumbing for a ride by the edge of the road
  With a brown paper bag to hold my clothes
  But tonight I'm going home where I belong
  If the good lord's willing and the creek don't rise
  And if my luck holds out, and I catch me a ride
  When the sun goes down tomorrow, I should be home
  This big city ain't no kind of place
  For a country girl with a friendly face
  If you smile people look at your funny, they take it wrong
  They laugh at my talkin' and clothes I wear
  They put me down and they call me square
  But tonight I'm going home where I belong
  
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  I'm goin' back to the people I love
  Back to the place that I dream of
  It's true that there's no place like home sweet home
  The one I want to see the most
  Is the boy who begged me not to go
  When the sun goes down tomorrow
  
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  Tonight I'm going back where I belong