The Way Back Home

Keep a Bible by your bed

Even if you never read it

Like a candle in the drawer in case

The lights go out

Keep your feet on solid ground but

Don't ever let the stars go

That way you'll always know

The way back home

Keep a twenty in your pocket

And a book for reading

If the truth hurts in your throat

Keep mercy on your tongue

Remember, forgiveness is a choice

The bitter-less are reaping that

Way you'll always know

The way back home

That way

When you're missin' somebody

The way you miss somebody

That you've know your whole life

You're always

Just a memory away from findin'

That dirt road that leads to the front door

That made you who you are

Remember the smell of summer risin'

Off of the driveway

After an afternoon rain, mama callin' you in to eat

If you feel like you've been lost

Think of the backyard you came from

That way you'll always know

The way back home

That way

When you're missin' somebody

The way you miss somebody

That you've know your whole life

You're always

Just a memory away from findin'

That dirt road that leads to the front door

That made you who you are

Made you who you are

In your chest there is a compass

In your blood, there is a calling

And in your head there is a vision

You called that the dream

And leaving's part of it, if you didn't you might ever know

Keep a Bible by your bed

Like headlights coming up the road