Gee, but it's great to be back home
Home is where I want to be.
I've been on the road so long my friend,
And if you came along
I know you couldn't disagree.
It's the same old story
Everywhere I go,
I get slandered,
Libeled,
I hear words I never heard
In the Bible
And I'm on step ahead of the shoe shine
Two steps away from the county line
Just trying to keep my customers satisfied,
Satisfied.
Deputy Sheriff said to me
"Tell me what you come here for, boy.
You better get your bags and flee.
You're in trouble boy,
And you're heading into more".
It's the same old story
Everywhere I go,
I get slandered,
Libeled,
I hear words I never heard
In the Bible
And I'm on step ahead of the shoe shine
Two steps away from the county line
Just trying to keep my customers satisfied,
Satisfied.
Bajo: Joe Osborn
Batería y Pandereta: Hal Blaine
Órgano Hammond: Larry Knechtel
Sección de Viento: Alan Rubin, Jon Faddis, Lew Soloff y Randy Brecker
© 1970 Paul Simon (BMI)
Disco: Bridge Over Troubled Water
Comentarios: La canción refleja el agotamiento del artista de gira, una especie de "diario de carretera" comprimido en versos rítmicos y cargados de ironía. El narrador se muestra perseguido, criticado, exiliado casi por el simple hecho de tratar de cumplir con su trabajo: entretener a los demás, "mantener satisfechos a los clientes".