Green Green Grass of Home

[Verse 1] The old home town looks the same As I step down from the train And there to meet me is my mama and papa Down the road I look and there runs Mary Hair of gold and lips like cherries It's good to touch the green, green grass of home [Chorus] Yes they'll all come to meet me Arms reaching, smiling sweetly It's good to touch the green, green grass of home [Verse 2] The old house is still standing Though the paint is cracked and dry And there's that old oak tree that I used to play on Down the lane I walk with my sweet Mary Hair of gold and lips like cherries It's good to touch the green, green grass of home [Chorus] Yes they'll all come to meet me Arms reaching, smiling sweetly It's good to touch the green, green grass of home [Verse 3] [Spoken] Then I awake and look around me At the four gray walls that surround me And I realize that I was only dreaming [Sung] There's the guard and there's the sad old padre Arm in arm we'll walk at daybreak Again I'll touch the green, green grass of home [Chorus] Yes they'll all come to see me In the shade of that old oak tree As they lay me 'neath the green, green grass of home