Going Back To Tupelo
Sarah was a beauty queen
With the voice of an angel they say
And she headed for those city lights
Along the great Broadway
But the city has a way of taking
One’s dreams of fortune and fame
And when she left on that winter night
No one knew her name
Now she's going back to Tupelo
To where The King was born
Going home to Tupelo
With a heart that's battered and torn
Jesse was the football star
Captain of his high school squad
Then he went to fight a war
In honor of Country and God
And every night he recites the names
Of the brave men he saw die
Every day he drinks away
The cold stare of their eyes
Now he's going back to Tupelo
To where The King was born
Going home to Tupelo
With a soul that's battered and torn
When he saw her on that Greyhound bus
She said she remembered his face
But that was many years ago
And that was some other place
Jesse told her his stories
Sarah sang her songs
Then they swore they’d find a way
To right what had gone wrong
Now their going back to Tupelo
To where The King was born
Going home to Tupelo
To mend lives once battered and torn
Going back to Tupelo
To where The King was born
Their going home to Tupelo
To mend lives once battered and torn
