Homecoming (Walter's Song) - Vienna Teng

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[00:06.98]It's desert ice outside
[00:20.55]But this diner has thawed my ears
[00:22.68]Hot coffee in a clean white mug
[00:26.15]And a smile when the waitress hears
[00:28.69]That I was born in North Carolina
[00:32.98]Not an hour from her home town
[00:36.34]And we used to play the same pizza parlor pinball
[00:41.53]And there's a glance in time suspended
[00:48.88]As I wonder how it is
[00:51.50]We've been swept up just by circumstance
[00:56.46]To where the coyote lives
[00:58.80]Where my days are strips of highway
[01:03.77]And she's wiping tables down
[01:06.58]Holding on and still waiting for that windfall
[01:13.36]But I've come home
[01:24.87]Even though I've never had so far to go
[01:32.09]I've come home
[01:48.30]I pay the check and leave the change
[01:51.38]From a crumpled ten-dollar bill
[01:54.19]Head across the street
[01:56.06]Where VACANCY is burning in neon still
[02:02.56]Well the night eats up my body heat
[02:06.53]And there's no sign of another
[02:10.04]And I find myself slipping down into that black
[02:16.41]But things are good
[02:20.78]I've got a lot of followers of my faith
[02:25.33]I've got a whole congregation
[02:29.07]Living in my head these days
[02:33.03]And I'm preaching from the pulpit
[02:37.16]To cries of Amen brother
[02:41.34]Closing my eyes to feel the warmth come back
[02:48.99]And I've come home
[02:55.71]Even though I swear I've never been so alone
[03:03.85]I've come home
[03:18.95]I just want to be living as I'm dying
[03:23.10]Just like everybody here
[03:25.41]Just want to know
[03:28.25]My little flicker of time is worthwhile
[03:34.52]And I don't know where I'm driving to
[03:37.65]But I know I'm getting old
[03:42.42]And there's a blessing in every moment every mile
[03:50.15]Thin white terry bars of soap
[04:09.62]And a couple little plastic cups
[04:13.19]Old Gideons Bible
[04:14.82]In the nightstand drawer saying Go on open up
[04:20.99]Well I'll kneel down on the carpet here
[04:24.99]Though I never was sure of God
[04:28.35]Think tonight I'll give Him
[04:30.16]The benefit of the doubt
[04:32.56]I switch off the lights and imagine
[04:38.57]That waitress outlined in the bed
[04:43.61]Her hair falling all around me
[04:48.02]I smile and shake my head
[04:51.10]Well we all write our own endings
[04:53.96]And we all have our own scars
[04:59.31]But tonight I think I see what it's all about
[05:07.19]Because I've come home
[05:15.02]I've come home