[Verse 1] I left with a canvas bag and my father’s old blue cap Road signs faded in the rain counted miles and called them back Past the feed store, past the mill where the pond had gone to weed I knew the bend before the bend my hands remembered it for me [Pre-Chorus] And the fields came open wide like they still knew my name The creek was thin, the bridge was rust but it held me just the same [Chorus] I’m coming home, I’m coming home (to the porch light) I’m coming home, I’m coming home (where your voice stays) Same old road, same old stone I was gone, but now I know I’m coming home, I’m coming home (back to the roots I owed) [Verse 2] There was a screen door on the sag with a prayer nailed to the frame Ma still kept the jar of peaches and the table scars the same Dad leaned in the kitchen threshold with his silence and his grin Said, “You took your time, son but the house has let you in” [Pre-Chorus] And the kettle sang out low like it knew just what to do For a moment I was fourteen in that yellow afternoon [Chorus] I’m coming home, I’m coming home (to the porch light) I’m coming home, I’m coming home (where your voice stays) Same old road, same old stone I was gone, but now I know I’m coming home, I’m coming home (back to the roots I owed) [Bridge] I laid my jacket by the stairs where the dog had worn the wood Watched the dust in the window beam and somehow understood You can roam until you’re hollow chasing names across the map But home is in the hands that wave and in the place that waves you back [Chorus] I’m coming home, I’m coming home (to the porch light) I’m coming home, I’m coming home (where your voice stays) Same old road, same old stone I was gone, but now I know I’m coming home, I’m coming home (back to the roots I owed) [Outro] Lay the bag down by the door Let the evening take its time I came back with fewer answers but the right ones in my mind