On the Road to Home Sweet Home Lyrics by Gus Kahn jazz standard, swing/foxtrot, lounge ballad

[Title] On the Road to Home Sweet Home [Credits] Lyrics by Gus Kahn Music by Egbert Van Alstyne Originally published in 1917 by Jerome H. Remick & Co., New York Public-domain composition in the United States New arrangement and recording by DJ KON TAKTS [Intro] (Soft piano, gentle strings, vintage room ambiance) [Verse 1] Somewhere the stars are gleaming Somewhere the moon shines bright Somewhere the boys are dreaming And thru the weary night To ev’ry heart that’s lonely There comes a vision fair Just a picture of Home Sweet Home And a loved one waiting there [Chorus] (Strings swell, warm harmonies, emotional lift) There’s a window light a-burning for someone out there There’s a heart that’s ever yearning and a head bowed down in pray’r There’s a loving hand to guide him Where e’er he may roam Back again to peaceful valley On the Road to Home Sweet Home [Verse 2] (Intimate delivery, sparse arrangement, gentle piano) Somewhere the day is breaking Somewhere the bugle calls Somewhere a heart is aching Somewhere a tear drop falls But there’s a smile behind it Hope whispers “Don’t you sigh It’s a long way to Home Sweet Home But we’ll get there bye and bye [Chorus] (Full arrangement, poignant resolve, gentle fade) There’s a window light a-burning for someone out there There’s a heart that’s ever yearning and a head bowed down in pray’r There’s a loving hand to guide him Where e’er he may roam Back again to peaceful valley On the Road to Home Sweet Home [Outro] (Soft piano fade, lingering cello, vintage tape hiss)