(Ralph Davis)

One suitcase a heartache and a roadmap
I'm headin' east just out of San Antone
Thumbin' my way home to West Virginia
They're wonderin' why I stayed away so long.

Got a letter from mama in my pocket
She wrote to tell me dad had done passed on
One suitcase a heartache and a roadmap
A lonely man just thumbin' my way home.

Thumbin' my way home to West Virginia
A broken heart inside a lonesome man
Maybe I can help to ease mom's heartaches
And I'll try to help her understand.

Gonna take the job that dad left in the coalmines
And stay with mom so she won't be alone
I'll make up for ten long years of roamin'
That's why I'm thumbin' my way home.

Yes, that's why I'm thumbin' my way home...