Gonna take a sentimental journey
Gonna set my heart at ease
Gonna make a sentimental journey
To renew old memories

Got my bag, I got my reservation
Spend each dime I could afford
Like a child in wild anticipation
Long to hear that "All aboard"

Seven, that's the time we leave, at seven
I'll be waitin' up for heaven
Countin' every mile of railroad track
That takes me back

Never thought my heart could be so yearning
Why did I decide to roam?
Gotta take a sentimental journey
Sentimental journey home

I wanna go back home, way down to Nashville
Wanna go back home, do you know why?
I miss the folks I love, ma's home cooking
Sittin' 'round the fire at a catfish fry

I miss the black eyed peas, mustard greens
Candied yams, home baked baked beans
I wanna fill my lungs with Southern air
Sniff a whiff of ribs of barbeque and I'm there

Seven, that's the time we leave, at seven
I'll be waitin' up for heaven
Countin' every mile of railroad track
That takes me back

Never thought my heart could be so yearning
Why did I decide to roam?
Gotta take a sentimental journey
Sentimental journey home

We got the sixteen tons of number nine coal
The rock pile of money's gonna rock and roll
Roll, roll, roll
Carry me home
(All aboard) All aboard

Copyright: Kanjian Music, Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd., Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Writer(s): Benjamin Homer, Bud Green, Les Brown