I believe I'll go back home I believe I'll go back home I believe I'll go back home Acknowledge that I've done wrong Father, kind and patient, as kind as he could be Gave to me my portion that he had promised me Father told his servants, bring the fatted calf down Pass it on to my gone child that he best come back home Well, I believe I'll go back home I believe I'll go back home I believe I'll go back home Acknowledge that I've done wrong I'm going back to my father, fall down on my knee Gotta do better than I did, recognize me if you please My father saw him a-coming, immediately when he cried "Gonna bring home again now, this is my begotten child" I believe I'll go back home I believe I'll go back home I believe I'll go back home Acknowledge that I've done wrong Father, kind and patient, as kind as he could be Gave to me my portion that he had promised me So I believe I'll go back home I believe I'll go back home I believe I'll go back home Acknowledge that I've done wrong