(I Want to) Come Home

"(I Want to) Come Home" is a song written and recorded by Paul McCartney for the 2009 film Everybody's Fine.

[1] An early cut of Everybody's Fine was screened for McCartney, with Aretha Franklin's cover of "Let It Be" inserted as a placeholder by director Kirk Jones.

McCartney was inspired to write the song for the film after connecting with the protagonist, portrayed by Robert De Niro, a widower who "hits the road to visit his scattered children after they cancel a weekend gathering.

McCartney then collaborated with the film's music composer Dario Marianelli on orchestrations for the song "resulting in an intimate ballad with piano, guitar and spare strings.

[4] In 2012, Tom Jones released a recording of the song on his studio album, Spirit in the Room.