Name: Tomorrow I'll Be Home
Duration: 3 min 34 s
Channel: John R. Whitney
Description: This is a seasonal song I wrote back in 1992 (10 years after graduating from college). It's not exactly autobiographical but I hope it captures some of the sentiment of college students returning home after their first couple of months away at colle

Tomorrow I'll Be Home

John Robert Whitney

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This is a seasonal song I wrote back in 1992 (10 years after graduating from college). It's not exactly autobiographical but I hope it captures some of the sentiment of college students returning home after their first couple of months away at colle

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John Robert Whitney

John Robert Whitney is a singer/songwriter and professional conservationist from Western New York State (East Aurora/Buffalo).

Singer/Songwriter; multi-instrumentalist; folk, country, pop, blues, jazz, Gospel; professional conservationist

Song Info

Genre

Acoustic • Acoustic Folk

Charts

Peak #123

Peak in subgenre #20

Author

John R. Whitney

Rights

John R. Whitney

Uploaded

December 30, 2006

Track Files

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MP3 3.3 MB • 128 kbps • 3:34

Story behind the song

Those of us who've headed off to college may remember those long first few months away from home and family (even if we were very happy to be away and "on our own").

Lyrics

G                               C                          G
Wednesday night, tomorrow’s Thanksgiving.
        C                      Am                  D
I’m gonna have to drive straight through.
    G                    C                      G
I can’t wait for Mom’s turkey stuffing
        C                     D           G
And I can’t wait to be with you.

College life’s not what I expected,
Though things are going pretty well.
Daddy claims I’m getting’ educated.
That’s something only time will tell.

                 F                                    G        Em
Refrain	I’ll be home in time for dinner, Debbie.
                         Am                        C        D
	Don’t tell Dad what I’m gonna do.
                G                        C                   G
	I can’t wait for Thanksgiving dinner.
                     C                    D               G
	Tomorrow I’ll be home with you.

Can’t talk long, I’ve just got three minutes
And I don’t have another dime.
My gas tank’s full & I better get to it.
If I hope to get home in time.

No, don’t wake Mom, she’s probably exhausted
She’s cooked and cleaned for three days straight.
Did David, Tim, and Gary get home yet?
You know I’ll try not to be late.	Refrain

It’s been three months since I left for Lansing.
It sometimes seems more like a year.
I better go. I’ve got ten hours of driving
Between Thanksgiving dinner and here.

When Mom wakes up, you can tell her I miss her.
Can’t wait to see my brothers, too.
But most of all I miss my little sister.
And I can’t wait to be with you.	Refrain

Refrain 	… Tomorrow I’ll be home (3x) with you.



Unpublished Work © 1992 John R. Whitney

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