George

The Road Back to You

I took the long way out of town,

With a suitcase and a head full of doubt,

Thought the world was waiting on me,

Thought I'd find what I was meant to be.

I chased the lights of bigger places,

Forgot the comfort of familiar faces,

But every highway I traveled through

Kept pointing me back to you.

I've seen mountains touch the sky,

I've watched a hundred sunsets die,

But nothing ever felt quite true

Till I found the road back to you.

There's a road back to you,

Winding through the years,

Past every mile of regret,

Past every old tear.

I've been lost, I've been proud,

I've been too stubborn to turn around,

But no matter where this old heart goes,

There's a road back to you.

I remember that little front porch,

Your blue dress hanging by the door,

You'd laugh when I'd come home late,

Then forgive me before I could explain.

We had more dreams than money,

But somehow we always had plenty,

And I never understood back then

What I understand now, my friend.

There's a road back to you,

Winding through the years,

Past every mile of regret,

Past every old tear.

I've been lost, I've been proud,

I've been too stubborn to turn around,

But no matter where this old heart goes,

There's a road back to you.

I've worn out tires in Tennessee,

Watched the rain fall down in Galilee,

I've slept beneath unfamiliar stars,

And learned how small a lonely heart can be.

I found out chasing dreams ain't wrong,

But sometimes you don't know where you belong,

Till the silence in the middle of the night

Reminds you what you left behind.

Maybe home ain't a house or a town,

Maybe home is who waits when you come back around.

And if you've still got a little faith in me,

I'll make up for all the miles between.

There's a road back to you,

And I'm taking it tonight,

With your name on my lips

And your memory as my guide.

I've been lost, I've been proud,

But I'm finally turning around.

After everything I've been through,

I know exactly what I have to do.

There's a road back to you,

And I'm following every mile,

Through the darkness and the rain,

Till I see that porch light shine.

If there's one thing this old heart knows,

It's where a wandering heart belongs.

And after all these years gone by,

I'm coming home tonight.

Yeah, I've been down a thousand roads,

But there's only one I need to know...

The road back to you.