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