Took a plane to Cairo
Then a Cessna to Rome
I got hijacked to Tel Aviv
And it’s the first time that I’ve flown
But I’ve found my Shangri-la
In a place that’s not too far , back home
Took a train to Jordan
And to Texas and back
I met Lyndon B. Johnson and I felt his hand on my back
But I found my Shangri-la
In a place that’s not too far, back home
Back home, back home,
back home, back home,
back home, back home
(repeat back home and fade)
Yeah yeah yeah
Well i’m going back this summer to ohio
I’m gonna seek out all my friends i’ve always known
I’m goin’ back to that farm that i remember
Well i’m goin’ to spend this summer back home
Back home (back home, back home, back home)
I’ll spend my summer (back home)
Back home (back home)
Back home (back home, back home, back home)
I’ll spend my summer (back home)
Back home (back home)
I’m gonna get up every morning before the roosters
I’ll run downstairs fix my breakfast all alone
I’ll milk those cows feed the chickens and the horses
Well i’m gonna spend this summer back home
Back home (back home, back home, back home)
I’ll spend my summer (back home)
Back home (back home)
Back home (back home, back home, back home)
I’ll spend my summer (back home)
Back home (back home)
I’ll eat everything that ma puts on the table
When i get back you won’t believe how i’ve grown
I’ll hit the sack early everynight thinkin’ ‘bout tomorrow whoa oh
Well i’m gonna spend this summer back home
Back home, back home, back home
Back home (back home, back home, back home)
I’ll spend my summer (back home)
That’s what i’m gonna do that’s where i’m gonna be, that’s this summer
Back home (back home)
Back home (back home, back home, back home)
I’ll spend my summer (back home)
Gonna get up, gonna get up, gonna get up every morning
Back home (back home)
Back home (back home, back home, back home)
Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah
I’ll spend my summer (back home)
Hey woo feels okay back home
Back home (back home)
Back home (back home, back home, back home)
I’ll spend my summer (back home)
Back home
Took a plane to cairo
Then a cessna to rome
I got hijacked to tel aviv
And it’s the first time that i’ve flown
But i’ve found my shangri-la
In a place that’s not too far , back home
Took a train to jordan
And to texas and back
I met lyndon b. johnson and i felt his hand on my back
But i found my shangri-la
In a place that’s not too far, back home
Back home, back home,
Back home, back home,
Back home, back home
(repeat back home and fade)
(dieter bohlen)
Producer for bonnie: dieter bohlen
Recorded in 1994, bonnie’s last single on the ‘hansa’ label. this single was to promote the ‘comeback singles collection ’90-’94’. lyrics taken from careful listening.
I dream of home again
A thousand voices call to me
A cry that splits the night
Woke up the soul inside my memories
I chose to walk alone
To search and find my destiny
So many lonesome roads
Lead me away from where i long to be
When i awake and see a cold and empty room
I sit alone and think of places i once knew
The friends that i had loved and left behind
Oh, how could i have been so blind?
Back home
Where all the love is that i need
Where all my family waits for me
Back home
I close my eyes and i can see
Where the river meets the sea
Back home
There is no better place than home for me
‘cause home is where i’ll find my destiny
I’m going home again and i just can’t wait to see
The folks that i have missed
A mother’s tender kiss, so soft, so sweet
I’ll hold her in my arms, like i’d never let her go
My family’s my home and i will tell them that i love them so
Oh i know i’ve been away so very long
That i hurt you when i left and i was wrong
And i see that home is where my heart belongs
So hang on heart, ‘cause her i come
Back home
Where all the love is that i need
Where all my family waits for me
Back home
I close my eyes and i can see
Where the river meets the sea
Back home
There is no better place than home for me
‘cause home is where i’ll find my destiny
Back home
Where all the love is that i need
Where all my family waits for me
Back home
I close my eyes and i can see
Where the river meets the sea
Back home
There is no better place than home for me
‘cause home is where i’ll find my destiny
Back home
Yeah yeah yeah
Well i’m going back this summer to ohio
I’m gonna seek out all my friends i’ve always known
I’m goin’ back to that farm that i remember
Well i’m goin’ to spend this summer back home
Back home (back home, back home, back home)
I’ll spend my summer (back home)
Back home (back home)
Back home (back home, back home, back home)
I’ll spend my summer (back home)
Back home (back home)
I’m gonna get up every morning before the roosters
I’ll run downstairs fix my breakfast all alone
I’ll milk those cows feed the chickens and the horses
Well i’m gonna spend this summer back home
Back home (back home, back home, back home)
I’ll spend my summer (back home)
Back home (back home)
Back home (back home, back home, back home)
I’ll spend my summer (back home)
Back home (back home)
I’ll eat everything that ma puts on the table
When i get back you won’t believe how i’ve grown
I’ll hit the sack early everynight thinkin’ ‘bout tomorrow whoa oh
Well i’m gonna spend this summer back home
Back home, back home, back home
Back home (back home, back home, back home)
I’ll spend my summer (back home)
That’s what i’m gonna do that’s where i’m gonna be, that’s this summer
Back home (back home)
Back home (back home, back home, back home)
I’ll spend my summer (back home)
Gonna get up, gonna get up, gonna get up every morning
Back home (back home)
Back home (back home, back home, back home)
Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah
I’ll spend my summer (back home)
Hey woo feels okay back home
Back home (back home)
Back home (back home, back home, back home)
I’ll spend my summer (back home)
Back home
This is the only place to be
Fooling around on our hands and knees
This is the only place to be
One small kiss
And i sing inside
One more kiss
And you’re mine all mine
This is the only way to be
Home
There is no mistaking
Home
That’s the road we’re taking
This is the only world i know
Of man made god
And the god given soul
This is the only world i know
One day rich and the next day poor
The word is love
And love is the law
This is the only world i know
Home
There is no mistaking
Home
That’s the road we’re taking
This is the only way to win
Stop all the cheating
And be born again
This is the only way to win
Don’t know what I was looking for when I went home, I found me alone
And sometimes I need someone to say, “You’ll be all right. What’s on your mind?”
But the water’s shallow here and I am full of fear, and empty handed after two long years
Another sunny day in Californ-i-a
I’m sure back home they’d love to see it
But they don’t know that what you love is ripped away
Before you get a chance to feel it
Back home I always thought I wanted so much more, now I’m not too sure
Cause sometimes I miss knowing someone’s there for me and feeling free
Free to stand beside the ocean in moonlight
And light myself a smoke beneath the dark Atlantic sky
Another sunny day in Californ-i-a
I’m sure back home they’d love to see it
But they don’t know that what you love is ripped away
Before you get a chance, before you get a chance to feel it
Everybody here is living life in fear of falling out of line
Tearing lives apart and breaking lots of hearts just to pass the time
And the eyes get red in the back of your head, this place will make you blind
Put it all behind me and I’ll be just fine
Another sunny day beneath this cloudless sky
Sometimes I wish that it would rain here
And wash away the west coast dreaming from my eyes
There’s nothing real for them to see here
Another starry night in Californ-i-a
I’m sure back home they’d love to see it
But they don’t know that what you love is ripped away
Before you get a chance, before you get a chance to feel it
