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Diesel hums beneath the dawnless road
Coffee gone cold by the radio
He crossed the county line at a quarter to three Logbook open
on the passenger seat
Forty hours gone, and his eyes felt worn But her picture kept
him aimed for home
Then the phone lit up beside the wheel A tiny voice made
the darkness real “Daddy,
when you can, please call me back I got something big to
tell you fast”
“Hi Daddy, it’s me
I waited up, but Mom said sleep There’s something I need you
to know
Please get here soon”
He gripped the wheel a little tighter
He counted every marker,
every mile
Saw her birthday candle in his mind Was it fever,
fear, or some sweet surprise All he had were her unfinished lines
Rain came hard on the windshield seam The engine pulled like a
worried team He told the dark,
“Just hold on, girl I’m coming back across the world”
Every mile says go,
every minute says faster
Little girl, I hear you through the wire
Keep the porch lamp burning,
keep your heart wide open
I’m rolling home on a river of tires I missed too much,
but I won’t miss this Hold on,
baby, I’m almost there (ohhh)
He thought of every breakfast missed
Every bedtime he traded for the interstate
Then the message played again And he heard her smile break through
the tape “Daddy, I learned to write my name And I saved
the first one just for you”
Every mile said go,
every minute burned brighter
He saw that porch come over the hill
She ran barefoot down the gravel driveway Holding paper in her shaking
little hands I missed too much,
but I won’t miss this
He dropped to his knees right there She wrote “I love you,
Daddy” And the whole road disappeared (ohhh,
yeah)
Diesel ticking in the quiet yard
Her small hand wrapped around his heart
No load was worth that far from home
Not anymore (hmmm)