Lori McKenna - The Way Back Home lyrics

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 readin'
If the truth hurts in your throat
Keep mercy on your tongue

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

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

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 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