[Verse 1] [F] I left with a coat and a paper map [F] Red dust clung to the boot heels back [F] Truck stop coffee, a wristwatch glow [F] Three towns gone by, but I still know [F] That bend by the hay barn, the split oak tree [F] The river flash where the road turns free [Pre-Chorus] [F] And every mile says, turn around [F] Every signpost pulls me down [F] To the porch light, to the yard [F] To your laugh and the old screen door [Chorus] [F] I’m on my way back home (F) Back home, back home [F] Where the wild wind knows my name (F) Knows my name, knows my name [F] I’m on my way back home (F) Back home, back home [F] With my whole heart in my hands (F) In my hands, in my hands [Verse 2] [F] Saw a creek where the willows lean [F] Same bent bridge and the same dead screen [F] Bought a peach from a roadside stand [F] Held the sweet sting in my left hand [F] Thought of your beans and the kettle song [F] Thought of that floor that I grew strong on [Pre-Chorus] [F] And every hill says, keep on now [F] Every star pulls me through somehow [F] To the porch light, to the yard [F] To your laugh and the old screen door [Chorus] [F] I’m on my way back home (F) Back home, back home [F] Where the wild wind knows my name (F) Knows my name, knows my name [F] I’m on my way back home (F) Back home, back home [F] With my whole heart in my hands (F) In my hands, in my hands [Bridge] [F] Let the road shake the gravel loose [F] Let the night sky call me through [F] I was born for this long return [F] For the fire, for the salt, for the bridges burned [F] And if I fall, I’ll rise in tune [F] Right at the edge of your front room [Chorus] [F] I’m on my way back home (F) Back home, back home [F] Where the wild wind knows my name (F) Knows my name, knows my name [F] I’m on my way back home (F) Back home, back home [F] With my whole heart in my hands (F) In my hands, in my hands