The Way Back Home

Lori McKenna - The Way Back Home

Well 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 readin'

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 mem'ry 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 mem'ry 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 leavin's part of it

if you didn't you might never know

Keep a Bible by your bed

like headlights comin' up the road