The Way Back Home

[Verse 1] 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 [Verse 2] Keep a Twenty in your pocket and a book for readin' 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 [Chorus] 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 [Verse 3] Remember the smell of summer risin' 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 [Chorus] 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 [Verse 4] 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 leavin's part of it, if you didn't you might never know Keep a Bible by your bed like headlights comin' up the road