[Verse 1] I packed my coat at dawn With your note in my inside pocket The truck shook on the gravel road Like it knew where to stop and not it Three towns blurred in the windshield glass And your name kept time with the tires I passed that bend where the cedar leans And my hands felt full of fire [Pre-Chorus] I been gone so long That even the dusk looks new But every mile back to you Feels like coming home [Chorus] I’m on my way back home Back to your front door Back to the red tin roof I can taste it in my bones I’m on my way back home Don’t let that lamp burn low I’ve crossed the cold, hard miles To be where your arms go (your arms go) [Verse 2] The pasture fence was split in two So I fixed it with my pocket knife Saw your mother’s pear tree bend Heavy with the rain of life The porch step gave a tired creek Like it knew my boots before me And I stood there holding my breath At the edge of our story [Pre-Chorus] I been lost in roads But none of them held your name Now the dark can call my face I’m still coming home [Chorus] I’m on my way back home Back to your front door Back to the red tin roof I can taste it in my bones I’m on my way back home Don’t let that lamp burn low I’ve crossed the cold, hard miles To be where your arms go (your arms go) [Bridge] If you ask me why I left I’d say the world got loud But every road I took away Only brought me back around Now I’m here with empty hands And a heart too full to speak So pull me in and call me yours Let the old house hear me breathe [Final Chorus] I’m on my way back home Back to your front door Back to the red tin roof I can taste it in my bones I’m on my way back home Don’t let that lamp burn low I’ve crossed the cold, hard miles To be where your arms go (your arms go) I’m on my way back home Back to your front door Back to the red tin roof I was born to come back home