Almost Home (Craig Morgan song)

Infobox single
Name = Almost Home
Artist = Craig Morgan
from Album = I Love It
Released = 2003
Format = CD single
Recorded =
Genre = Country
Length = 4:49 (album version)
Label = Broken Bow
Writer = Craig Morgan, Kerry Kurt Phillips
Producer = Craig Morgan, Phil O'Donnell
Certification =
Last single = "God, Family, and Country"
(2002)
This single = "Almost Home"
(2003)
Next single = "Every Friday Afternoon"
(2003)

"Almost Home" is the name of a song by country music singer Craig Morgan. It was the second single from his 2003 album "I Love It". The song was Morgan's first Top 10 hit on the U.S. country music charts. [cite web |url=http://www.cmt.com/artists/news/1473212/20030623/morgan_craig.jhtml |title=Craig Morgan Beats The Odds With "Almost Home" |accessdate=2007-12-30| last=Gilbert |first=Calvin |date=2003-06-23] In addition, the song earned him a "Song of the Year" award from BMI [ [http://www.bmi.com/news/entry/234093 Music Row Awards Herald ‘Almost Home’] ] , and a Songwriter's Achievement Award from the Nashville Songwriters' Association International. [ [http://www.bmi.com/musicworld/entry/234070 BMI.com | Craig Morgan] ]

Content

The song tells of the singer's encounter with an old, homeless man who is sleeping behind a trash can on a cold winter's day. Presuming that the homeless man may be dead, the singer then rouses him. Upon being awakened, the homeless man says that he is "almost home", and tells of what he had been doing prior to waking up ("I just climbed out of a cottonwood tree / I was running from some honeybees / Drip-drying in the summer breeze / After jumping into Calico Creek"). The singer then offers to drive the old man to a shelter, but the old man refuses, stating, "Boy, if you'd left me alone / Right now, I'd be fishin'".

According to songwriter Kerry Kurt Phillips, the homeless man's explanation that he is "almost home" is intentionally open-ended; i.e., it could mean that the man had almost reached home in his dream, or that he is about to die and go to Heaven: "A lot of people ask me if the guy almost died...was he dying or dreaming? It's funny how people have different interpretations. That's the neat thing about a song, and I think understatement is the key to a good song...leaving enough room for the listener to draw their own conclusion...so I never answer them on that. I guess it's up to the listener." [ [http://www.storybehindthesong.net/read/story/39 Story Behind the Song] ]

References

External links

* [http://music.yahoo.com/Craig-Morgan/Almost-Home/lyrics/25657797 Lyrics] at Yahoo! Music