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 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 finding That dirt road that leads to the front door That made you who you are Remember the smell of summer rising 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 leaving's part of it, If you didn't you might never know Keep a Bible by your bed Like headlights coming up the road