COME HOME

First released 1989

Come Home came about in the band's rehearsal rooms in Denton as they were trying different arrangements of Sit Down, but were getting confused about the song they were playing.  It has the same chord structure as Sit Down.

Originally previewed on a nameless white-label DJ promo to avoid the negative impact of James' folky image, this was a big hit in indie clubs in the late summer of 1989.  It only reached a disappointing 85 when released in November despite an accompanying sell-out tour.  Remixed by Flood, it reached number 33 when rereleased in the summer of 1990.  It has seen remixes by the likes of Youth and Andy Weatherall since and still remains a staple part of most James live sets. A Come Home shirt appeared on Top of The Pops months before James when one of Beats International wore one performing their number one "Dub Be Good To Me"

WHERE TO GET

Short Version : Come Home 7" (RT 245) 12" (RTT 245) CDS (RTT 245CD), Aussie 7" (K1064)

Long Version : Come Home 12" (RTT 245) CDS (RTT 245CD)

Album Version : Gold Mother original issue LP (848 595-1) CAS (848 594-5) CD (848 595-2)

Album Version : The Gathering Sound boxset USB stick

Flood Mix : Come Home 7" (JIM 6), CASS (JIMMC 6), CDS (JIMCD 6),

Flood Mix : Gold Mother re-release LP (846 189-1) CAS (846 189-4) CD (846 189-2)

Flood Mix : Gold Mother re-issue CD (548 785-2)

Flood Mix : The Best Of CAS (536 898-2) CD (536 898-4) 2CD (558 173-2)

Flood Mix : A Taste Of The Best (TASTE 1) with 1998 calendar

Flood Mix : James Japanese compilation (CD PHCR-1102)

Flood Mix : Fresh As A Daisy - The Singles (1 disc version)

Flood Mix : Fresh As A Daisy - The Singles (2 disc version)

Flood Mix : The Gathering Sound boxset USB stick

Extended Flood Mix : Come Home purple 12" (JIM 612), CDS (JIMCD 6), 12" promo (JIMDJ612), 12" promo (HOME 1), Take 7 Canadian promo (PCD 197)

Live Version (Radio Europe session) : Come Home green 12" (JIMM 612)

Weatherall Mix : Come Home green 12" (JIMM 612) , 12" promo (JIMDJ612)

Weatherall Mix : James Japanese compilation (CD PHCR-1102)

Weatherall Mix : She’s A Star CDS3 (JIMDD 16), She’s A Star 12" promo (JIMDJ 16)

Weatherall Mix : Canadian Tomorrow 2-CDS set (314 574 543-2)

Weatherall Mix : Gold Mother re-issue CD (548 785-2)

Youth Club Pressure Mix : Sound 12" (JIM 912), CDS (JIMCD 9), 12" promo (HOME 1)

Skunk Weed Skank Mix : Ring The Bells 12" (JIM 1112), CDS (JIMCD 11)

Hugo Live Dub Challenge : Ring The Bells CDS (JIMCD 11)

Live Version (Radcliffe Session) : Tomorrow CDS2 (JIMDD 17)

Live Version : Come Home The Live Video (083 092-3)

Live Version : The Gathering Sound boxset - Come Home Live DVD

Live Version - Getting Away With It Live CD (SANDD119), VHS (0927451603), DVD (0927451602)

Live Version (London 1997) : The Gathering Sound boxset CD2

GUITAR TABS

LYRICS

It's that time again when I lose my friends

Go walkabout, I've got the bends from pressure

I have been pulled apart and my swollen heart

Has flipped out of the pan into the fire

And I don't believe you're all I'll ever need

And I need to feel that you're not holding me

But the way I feel just makes me want to scream

Come home, come home, come home

Come home, come home, come home

After thirty years I've become my fears

I've become the kind of man I've always hated

I am in love insane with a sense of shame

That I threw stones at the condemned and now I'm slated

I may have paid for sex but I was blessed by love

In this land that's ruled by gods of lust and money

And I don't believe you're all I'll ever need

And I need to feel that you're not holding me

But the way I feel just makes me want to scream

Come home, come home, come home

Come home, come home, come home

Come home, come home, come home