Tom Jones - Green Green Grass Of Home Lyrics

Tom Jones Lyrics

"Green Green Grass Of Home"

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.

Yes, they'll all come to meet me,
Arms reaching, smiling sweetly.
It's good to touch the green, green, grass of home.

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.

Then I awake and look around me
At four grey walls that surround me,
And I realize: yes, I was only dreaming.

For there's a guard and there's a sad old padre.
On and on, we'll walk at daybreak.
Again I'll touch the green, green grass of home.

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.

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Thanks to Peter S, PinkChampagne, HeidiMoon, Anne Beachey, Klaus Huelscher for correcting these lyrics.

Writer(s): Curly Putman

"Green Green Grass of Home" was originally sung by Johhny Darrel. Tom Jones recorded his version in 1966 having been inspired by Jerry Lee Lewis' version of 1965 which Jones had heard in the Colony Records studio in New York City. He was in the city in order to appear on The Ed Sullivan Show.

When Porter Wagoner recorded a version of this song in 1965, it reached number 4 on the country chart.

Tom Jones' version of "Green Green Grass of Home" topped charts around the world in 1966.

Tom Jones and Jerry Lee Lewis performed this song as a duet during Lewis' "Last Man Standing" TV special in New York City in September 2006.