Field Camp Song

I’m sittin’ in the chateau Apres
I’ll be here for another day or so, hmm
Field camp is almost done
And I’ll tell you that I or one
Don’t give a damn if I never see
Another fault or porphyry*

Chorus:
Homeward bound, I wish I was, homeward bound
Home–where my thoughts escapin’
Home–where there’s no rock waitin’
Home where my love lies waitin’
Patiently for me

And every day’s an endless path
Of Jacob’s staff and Rapidograph, ohhh
And each meal seems the same to me
The students and the faculty
And every outcrop that I see
Reminds me that I long to be…..

Chorus:
Homeward bound, I wish I was, homeward bound
Home–where my thoughts escapin’
Home–where there’s no rock waitin’
Home where my love lies waitin’
Patiently for me

Tonight I’ll do my work again
I’ll play the game and I’ll pretend, ohhh
But all my maps come back to me
In shades of mediocrity
And I wonder just how can it be
I slaved so hard for just a C!

Chorus:
Homeword bound, I wish I was, Homeward bound
Home–where my thoughts’ escapin’
Home–where there’s no rocks waiti’
Home–where my love Better be waitin’
Patiently for me.

*Orogeny occasionally used in place of porphyry

Lyrics Tim Flood and Beth Holst, 1975. Tim was a field camp TA in 1975 and field camp director from 1994-98.

Additional Information on lyrics provided by Christine Stegenga (class of 1982)