[Verse 1] I left with a duffel bag and a stubborn, empty name Past the feed store and the quarry pit where the black birds knew my shame Mama's porch was just a postcard far behind the county line And I kept my eyes on the white road like it might forgive me in time [Pre-Chorus] Some nights I slept in the truck bed Some nights on borrowed floors But every mile kept calling Like a hand on a screen door [Chorus] I'm coming home, coming home With the dust still on my shoes I'm coming home, coming home I had to lose to learn to choose Back to the fields, back to the rain Back to the place that knew my name I'm coming home, coming home I'm coming home again [Verse 2] At the river bridge in Beaumont I watched the water drag Thought about the things I dropped there Like coins in a torn-up rag A man can wear his pride thin Try to pass for made of stone Till the hard road hands him mercy And he starts to head back home [Pre-Chorus] I found my voice in a diner Over coffee gone cold Said, "If I keep on running I'll just wake up old" [Chorus] I'm coming home, coming home With the dust still on my shoes I'm coming home, coming home I had to lose to learn to choose Back to the fields, back to the rain Back to the place that knew my name I'm coming home, coming home I'm coming home again [Bridge] I can see that screen door swinging I can see the porch light low I can see my father standing Where the split-rail shadows go I ain't the boy who left there But I'm not the ghost I was I came back with my broken pieces And a little bit of trust [Chorus] I'm coming home, coming home With the dust still on my shoes I'm coming home, coming home I had to lose to learn to choose Back to the fields, back to the rain Back to the place that knew my name I'm coming home, coming home I'm coming home again