Homecoming (Album Version)

Song Homecoming (Album Version)
Artist Robert Randolph & the Family Band
Album Colorblind

Lyrics

[00:16.22] it's desert ice outside but this diner has thawed my ears
[00:22.65] hot coffee in a clean white mug and a smile when the waitress hears
[00:30.37] that I was born in North Carolina
[00:34.11] not an hour from her home town
[00:37.81] and we used to play the same pizza parlor pinball
[00:43.97]
[00:45.38] and there's a glance in time suspended as I wonder how it is
[00:52.33] we've been swept up just by circumstance to where the coyote lives
[01:00.11] where my days are strips of highway
[01:04.61] and she's wiping tables down
[01:08.27] holding on and still waiting for that windfall
[01:14.89]
[01:16.41] but I've come home
[01:23.99] even though I've never had so far to go
[01:31.79] I've come home
[01:44.09]
[01:48.18] I pay the check and leave the change from a crumpled ten-dollar bill
[01:54.49] head across the street where VACANCY is burning in neon still
[02:02.18] well the night eats up my body heat
[02:06.28] and there's no sign of another
[02:09.77] and I find myself slipping down into that black
[02:17.23]
[02:17.92] but things are good I've got a lot of followers of my faith
[02:25.01] I've got a whole congregation living in my head these days
[02:32.41] and I'm preaching from the pulpit
[02:36.43] to cries of “Amen brother”
[02:40.87] closing my eyes to feel the warmth come back
[02:48.07]
[02:48.29] and I've come home
[02:55.25] even though I swear I've never been so alone
[03:03.06] I've come home
[03:16.74]
[03:18.39] I just want to be living as I'm dying
[03:23.11] just like everybody here
[03:26.32] just want to know my little flicker of time is worthwhile
[03:33.65] and I don't know where I'm driving to
[03:37.99] but I know I'm getting old
[03:41.54] and there's a blessing in every moment every mile
[03:56.59]
[04:05.08] thin white terry bars of soap and a couple little plastic cups
[04:12.23] old Gideons Bible in the nightstand drawer saying “Go on open up”
[04:20.04] well I'll kneel down on the carpet here
[04:23.85] though I never was sure of God
[04:27.33] think tonight I'll give Him the benefit of the doubt
[04:33.14]
[04:35.53] I switch off the lights and imagine that waitress outlined in the bed
[04:42.55] her hair falling all around me
[04:47.10] I smile and shake my head
[04:50.38] well we all write our own endings
[04:54.51] and we all have our own scars
[04:58.28] but tonight I think I see what it's all about
[05:05.75]
[05:05.93] because I've come home
[05:21.49] I've come home

Pinyin

[00:16.22] it' s desert ice outside but this diner has thawed my ears
[00:22.65] hot coffee in a clean white mug and a smile when the waitress hears
[00:30.37] that I was born in North Carolina
[00:34.11] not an hour from her home town
[00:37.81] and we used to play the same pizza parlor pinball
[00:43.97]
[00:45.38] and there' s a glance in time suspended as I wonder how it is
[00:52.33] we' ve been swept up just by circumstance to where the coyote lives
[01:00.11] where my days are strips of highway
[01:04.61] and she' s wiping tables down
[01:08.27] holding on and still waiting for that windfall
[01:14.89]
[01:16.41] but I' ve come home
[01:23.99] even though I' ve never had so far to go
[01:31.79] I' ve come home
[01:44.09]
[01:48.18] I pay the check and leave the change from a crumpled tendollar bill
[01:54.49] head across the street where VACANCY is burning in neon still
[02:02.18] well the night eats up my body heat
[02:06.28] and there' s no sign of another
[02:09.77] and I find myself slipping down into that black
[02:17.23]
[02:17.92] but things are good I' ve got a lot of followers of my faith
[02:25.01] I' ve got a whole congregation living in my head these days
[02:32.41] and I' m preaching from the pulpit
[02:36.43] to cries of " Amen brother"
[02:40.87] closing my eyes to feel the warmth come back
[02:48.07]
[02:48.29] and I' ve come home
[02:55.25] even though I swear I' ve never been so alone
[03:03.06] I' ve come home
[03:16.74]
[03:18.39] I just want to be living as I' m dying
[03:23.11] just like everybody here
[03:26.32] just want to know my little flicker of time is worthwhile
[03:33.65] and I don' t know where I' m driving to
[03:37.99] but I know I' m getting old
[03:41.54] and there' s a blessing in every moment every mile
[03:56.59]
[04:05.08] thin white terry bars of soap and a couple little plastic cups
[04:12.23] old Gideons Bible in the nightstand drawer saying " Go on open up"
[04:20.04] well I' ll kneel down on the carpet here
[04:23.85] though I never was sure of God
[04:27.33] think tonight I' ll give Him the benefit of the doubt
[04:33.14]
[04:35.53] I switch off the lights and imagine that waitress outlined in the bed
[04:42.55] her hair falling all around me
[04:47.10] I smile and shake my head
[04:50.38] well we all write our own endings
[04:54.51] and we all have our own scars
[04:58.28] but tonight I think I see what it' s all about
[05:05.75]
[05:05.93] because I' ve come home
[05:21.49] I' ve come home