Every night I'm all alone never place to call my own Don't have no one to love me anymore I'm gonna pack up my grip and take a long long trip back to the one that I love so So long to go back to my darlin' back to the one I love so well I know she'll be my wife when we'll settle down for life For she's the one who means the world to me [ mandolin ] I can't forget the day I laughed and went away You told me I'd be sorry some old day I found it to be true so I'm headin' back to you Sweetheart I'm tired and I'm gonna settle down So long to go back... [ fiddle ] When I get back to her my ramblin' days are o'er We'll build a little cottage on the hill We'll think of days gone by sweetheart just you and I And now we'll live so happy evermore So long to go back...