The Alan Parsons Project
The Alan Parsons Project
The Alan Parsons Project
The Alan Parsons Project
The Alan Parsons Project
The Alan Parsons Project
The Alan Parsons Project
The Alan Parsons Project
The Alan Parsons Project
The Alan Parsons Project
The Alan Parsons Project
I Don’t Wanna Go Home is about a character who has lost all of his money due to gambling. It switches between third and first-person perspectives of the gambler. Perhaps the other character being another person.
[Intro]
[Verse 1]
Go back home you damn fool
Surely you know you can't win
You should never have come near this place
You should have stayed outside, lookin' in
It's too late to turn back
Nobody asked you to try
But they blinded you with diamonds
And all the money that money can buy
[Chorus 1]
And I'm so afraid of being on my own
But I don't wanna go home
[Verse 2]
You can't win you damn fool
You drank all the wine from the cup
And your painted lady's gone now
And you're way back on the downside, lookin' up
You can't catch the monkey on your back
Nobody asked you to try
But for every heart they held a spade
And you lost more than money can buy
[Chorus 1]
[Chorus 2]
I'm like a washed up rag
Tattered and torn, yeah
I wish I'd never been born
[Outro]
And I'm so afraid of being on my own
I don't wanna go home
I'm like a down and out just blowin' my horn
Oh I don't wanna go home
I'm like a washed up rag
Tattered and torn
Oh I don't wanna go home
I Don’t Wanna Go Home was written by Eric Woolfson & Alan Parsons.
I Don’t Wanna Go Home was produced by Alan Parsons.