[id:$00000000] [ar:史逸欣] [ti:Homecoming] [by:] [hash:727bb741a6ae0fed6180fe069c90ab7f] [al:] [sign:] [qq:] [total:346004] [offset:0] [00:16.03]It's desert ice outside [00:18.50]but this diner has thawed my ears [00:22.64]Hot coffee in a clean white [00:25.74]mug and a smile [00:27.39]when the waitress hears [00:29.99]That I was born in north carolina [00:34.06]Not an hour from her home town [00:37.92]And we used to play the same [00:40.17]pizza parlor pinball [00:45.34]And there's a glance in time [00:47.48]suspended as I wonder how it is [00:52.95]We've been swept up just by circumstance [00:57.09]to where the coyote lives [01:00.70]Where my days are strips of highway [01:04.71]And she's wiping tables down [01:08.49]Holding on and still waiting for that windfall [01:16.50]But I've come home [01:23.51]Even though I've never had [01:26.86]so far to go [01:32.17]I've come home [01:47.97]pay the check and leave the change [01:50.86]from a crumpled ten-dollar bill [01:54.50]Head across the street [01:56.55]where vacancy is burning in neon still [02:02.42]Well the night eats up my body heat [02:06.20]And there's no sign of another [02:10.00]And I find myself slipping down [02:13.30]into that black [02:19.20]things are good I've got [02:21.36]a lot of followers of my faith [02:25.21]I've got a whole congregation [02:28.86]living in my head these days [02:32.91]And I'm preaching from the pulpit [02:37.17]To cries of Amen brother [02:41.30]Closing my eyes to feel [02:43.65]the warmth come back [02:48.76]And I've come home [02:55.68]Even though swear I've [02:58.63]never been so alone [03:03.77]And I've come home [03:18.66]just want to be [03:19.63]living as I'm dying [03:22.99]Just like everybody here [03:26.62]Just want to know little [03:29.04]flicker of time is worthwhile [03:34.02]And I don't know where I'm driving to [03:38.46]But I know I'm getting old [03:41.99]And there's a blessing in every moment [03:45.76]every mile [04:05.81]Thin white terry bars of soap [04:09.07]and a couple plastic cups [04:12.99]Old gideons bible in the nightstand [04:16.30]drawer saying Go on open up [04:20.62]Well I'll kneel down on the carpet here [04:24.55]Though I never was sure of god [04:28.34]Think tonight I'll give him [04:30.50]the benefit of the doubt [04:36.21]I switch off the lights and imagine [04:38.88]that waitress outlined in the bed [04:43.57]Her hair falling all around me [04:47.76]I smile and shake my head [04:51.33]Well we all write our own endings [04:55.23]And we all have our own scars [04:59.01]But tonight I think I [05:01.31]see what it's all about [05:07.04]Because I've come home [05:34.77]I've come home