"Sentimental Journey" — Brown, Homer, and Green's 1944 homecoming.
Writer(s): brown/homer/green
Gonna take a sentimental journey
Gonna set my heart at ease
Gonna make a sentimental journey
To renew old memories
I got my bag, I got my reservation
Spent each dime I could afford
Like a child in wild anticipation
I long to hear that: "all aboard!"
Seven, thats the time we leave - at seven
Ill be waiting up for heaven
Counting every mile of railroad track - that moves me back
I never though my heart could be so yearny
Why did I decide to roam
Gotta take a sentimental journey
Sentimental journey home
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- Written by Bud Green, Les Brown, and Ben Homer in 1944, made famous by Doris Day. The wartime longing for home — the sentimental journey as the soldier's ultimate destination. Sinatra finding his own version of the universal longing.