Ten Years After – I’m Going Home

I was reading about Bruce Springsteen in the 70s and the book said that some people called him “Alvin Lee by the Sea” because of his guitar playing. I thought to myself…hmm, I need to check out Alvin Lee. We all know “I’d Love To Change The World”  but I remembered another song from the Woodstock soundtrack. CB brought it up the other day, and after I clicked on the link, it returned to me.

That guitar intro to this song just ripped through my headphones when I listened to it yesterday. Alvin Lee was so aggressive on guitar and I love it. It was pedal to the floor and never looking back.

Ten Years After’s music was characterized by Alvin Lee’s guitar playing and their excellent live performances. They released their first album Ten Years After in 1967. This song was from the live album Undead released in 1968. It was written by Alvin Lee.

Their popularity kicked in after the Woodstock triple album soundtrack came out in 1970. That album was one of my first live albums. This song performance is one of the film’s standout performances. I’m Going Home was a live staple in the band’s set for a couple years and then was released as a three-minute edited single.

The single version

Woodstock Performance

I’m Going Home

Goin’ home, my babyGoin’ home, my babyGoin’ home, to see my baby

Our baby, how goodMy baby, be goodI’m goin’ home, my babyHome to see my girl

Oh baby, baby, I’m coming homeBaby, baby I’m coming homeTell me mama, baby, I’m coming home

Gonna see my baby, see my baby fineGonna take my baby, want to take my baby mineHoping my woman treats me real kind

I’m goin’ home, my babyI’m goin’ home, to see my babyGoin’ home, my baby

Gonna see my baby, see my baby fineTake my baby, take my baby mineGonna tell your mama how good that love of ours

I’m goin’ home, to see my babyI’m goin’ home, to see my babyOh, baby ooh

Gonna take you back, take where love belongTreat me baby, treat, don’t treat me wrong

Oh, baby, I’m rollin’Baby, baby, I’m rollin’Baby, baby, I’m rollin’

Won’t you shake me, baby, well get you rollin’ downWon’t you shake me, baby, well get you rollin’ downOh, baby, we’re gonna have some fun

Baby, please don’t go, baby, please don’t goBaby, please don’t go, baby, please don’t goPlease don’t go, she’s cold, I need you

Comin’ home, ooh, heyCome on over baby, whole lotta shakin’ goin’ onI’m goin’ home, to see my babyHome, to see my girl, ooh

I’m goin’ home, take my babyI’m goin’ home, see my babyGonna take me back, I’ll take her where I belong

I’m goin’ home, to see my babyI’m goin’ home, to see my babyCome on, take me, yeah

I’m goin’ home, I’m goin’ homeI’m goin’ home, hey, hooGonna take me back back back where I belong

I’m goin’ home, I’m goin’ homeI’m goin’ home, I’m goin’ homeHoo, hoo, right where I belong

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Author: Badfinger (Max)

Power Pop fan, Baseball, Beatles, old movies, and tv show fan. Also anything to do with pop culture in the 60s and 70s... I'm also a songwriter, bass and guitar player.

22 thoughts on “Ten Years After – I’m Going Home”

  3. I caught Ten Years After at the Texas International Pop Festival in 1969. He was the fastest guitar player I had seen, much faster than Clapton or Paige, who also played the festival and complained how Texas was like burning in Hell and they would never come back. A few months later they played Dallas and Fort Worth. Karma. Lee played a Gibson 335 through a duel Fender Showman amp.

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    1. From what I’ve seen…yes he was as quick as you could get. I’ve been checking out some other of their live stuff…
      I know he would get some serious feedback through that setup when he wanted it.

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  6. This is an incredible track. I bought a couple of TYA albums on the strength of it! (I always used to get Alvin confused with Albert. Both incredible and amazingly, sadly so under-rated and under appreciated, I think.) 🙂

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  9. he most definitely had the critical respect and approval of his peers back then … but I only really known the one biggie ‘I’d Love To Change the World’… which is a really good one.

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    1. He had some FM hits…this one was played a bit on our rock station in the 80s…not like their big one though…. but yea his guitar playing was second to none.

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  10. Damn, what a killer song. Based on the Woodstock clip, it looks like Ten Years After were one of the bands who got to perform in the middle of the night. Well, whatever time of the evening or night it was, Alvin Lee certainly didn’t look or sound like he was tired!

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