Homecoming

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it's desert ice outside but this 
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diner has thawed my ears
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hot coffee in a clean white mug 
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and a smile when the waitress hears
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that I was born in North Caro - lina
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not an hour from her home town
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and we used to play the same pizza
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 parlor pin - ball

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and there's a glance in time sus -
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 pended as I wonder how it is
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we've been swept up just by 
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circumstance to where the coyote 
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lives
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where my days are strips of highway
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and she's wiping tables down
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holding on and still waiting for 
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that windfall

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but I've    come home
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even though I've never had so far
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 to go
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I've    come home

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I pay the check and leave the 
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change from a crumpled ten-dollar 
bill
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head across the street where 
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well the night eats up my body heat
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and there's no sign of another
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and I find myself slipping down 
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into that black

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but things are good I've got a 
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lot of followers of my faith
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I've got a whole congre - gation 
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living in my head these days
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and I'm preaching from the pulpit
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to cries of "Amen brother"
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closing my eyes to feel the 
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warmth come back

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and I've    come home
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even though I swear I've never 
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been so alone
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I've     come home

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I just want to be living as I'm 
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dying
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just like everybody here
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just want to know my little flicker
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 of time is worth - while
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and I don't know where I'm driving 
to
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but I know I'm getting old
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and there's a blessing in every 
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moment every mile

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thin white terry bars of soap and
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 a couple little plastic cups
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old Gideons Bible in the 
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nightstand drawer saying "Go on open
 up"
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well I'll kneel down on the carpet 
here
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though I never was sure of God
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think to - night I'll give Him the 
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benefit of the doubt

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I switch off the lights and 
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imagine that waitress outlined in 
the bed
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her hair falling all a - round me
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I smile and shake my head
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well we all write our own endings
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and we all have our own scars
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but to - night I think I see what 
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it's all a - bout

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because I've   come home
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I've   come home