help me name this song

[Kyle]

I heard a country song on the radio a few months ago that was really wonderfull, and I was reminded of it tonight. The problem is, I do not know the name or the artist.

So help me out if you could.

In the song, the narrator is walking down the street in the winter, and its freezing. He sees a guy laying in the gutter and is afraid he might be dead. He wakes the guy up, and tries to help him, and the guy isnt quite apprecative. The song then goes into the gutter man describing that he was on deaths doorstep and enjoying every minute of it, as he was replaying memories from better times in life, his childhood, etc. Swimming in a river on the farm, drip drying in the sun, etc.

The song touched sensitive ole' me and I want to find out who its by and the title.

Thanks!

[bratch]

Craig Morgan "Almost Home"

[garrettwc]

He had plastic bags wrapped round his shoes
He was covered with the evenin' news
Had a pair of old wool socks on his hands
The bank sign was flashing 5 below
It was freezing rain and spittin' snow
He was curled up behind some garbage cans
I was afraid that he was dead
I gave him a gentle shake
When he opened up his eyes
I said, Old man are you ok?"

He said, I just climbed out of a cottonwood tree
I was runin' from some honey bees
Drip dryin' in the summer breeze
After jumpin' into Calico creek
I was walkin' down an old dirt road
Past a field of hay that had just been mowed
Man I wish you'd just left me alone
'Cause I was almost home

Then he said, I was jus' comin' round the barn
Bout the time you grabbed my arm
When I heard Momma holler son hurry up
I was close enough for my own nose
To smell fresh cobbler on the stove
And I saw daddy loadin' up the truck
Cane poles on the tailgate
Bobbers blowin' in the wind
Since July of '55
That's as close as I've been"

"Yea I just climbed out of a cottonwood tree
I was runin' from some honey bees
Drip dryin' in the summer breeze
After jumpin' into Calico creek
I was walkin' down an old dirt road
Past a field of hay that had just been mowed
Man I wish you'd just left me alone
I was almost home"

I said, Old man you're gonna freeze to death
Let me drive you to the mission"
He said,"Boy if you'da left me alone
Right now I'd be fishin'

"I just climbed out of a cottonwood tree
I was runin' from some honey bees
Drip dryin' in the summer breeze
After jumpin' into Calico creek
I was walkin' down an old dirt road
Past a field of hay that had just been mowed
Man I wish you'da just left me alone
'Cause I was almost home" (Almost Home)

Man I wish you'd just left me alone
I was almost home

[S. Williamson]

Geez.  Thanks for helping me end this night on a sad note.

Just kiddin'.  Sounds like one of those songs meant for long nights out in front of the dorm with half-a-pack of cigarettes, knowing you're gonna have a hangover in the morning, and your thumbs hurt from trying to beat the last mission on whatever gaming system your neighbor has hooked into the TV at the moment.

[280plus]

Now I need a beer to cry in...