I got an invitation from a girl I used to know back home
   It was an invitation asking me to telephone
   She said, it's getting lonely here
   And I've been gone for close a year
   I took the first flight out to meet the girl I used to know back home
  
   She met me off the flight, a million dollars in her long red gown
   With a man in a black hat just to drive us back to town
   Now the faces all look the same
   And all the places have the same old names
   But in a year you've changed just like the girl I used to know back home
   Yes, in a year you've changed just like the girl I used to know back home
  
   Maybe it's true that I go on and on and on
   Maybe it's true that I'm the lonely one alone
   What can I say to you, what can I say to you?
   Yes, in a year you've changed just like the girl I used to know back home
  
   It took another year before I started getting itchy toes
  
   And then I had to leave, but that's the way the story goes
   Well I reckon if she'd made me stay
   I'd never live to see another day
   I took the first flight out and left the girl I used to know back home
  
   Maybe it's true that I go on and on and on
   Maybe it's true that I'm the lonely one alone
   What can I say to you, what can I say to you?
   I took the first flight out and left the girl I used to know back home
   Back home, I left the girl back home
   I left the girl back home
   I left the girl back home