When you're leaving home
Will you know where to go
When you're leaving, oh you're leaving
When you're leaving home
What will her mama say
When you get shipped away
Big city ain't no place for a boy to stay
And what will her mama say
The kids are too young to know
What's all wrapped up in bows
Daddy's gone and he won't come home
But they're too young to know
Baby boy was just born
Under hot August sun
You won't see him, oh you're leaving
Baby boy was just born