You Drove Us Home

Thirty-five winters of steering this wheel

Watching the stories of asphalt and steel

Ordinary mornings, a nod and a dime Just keeping the route on

a schedule of time From hospital visits to first days of school

Through summer-soaked pavements and November cool

Oh, you drove us home

when the rain started falling

You drove us home

when our futures were calling

Through every wedding and tear in the dark You left a quiet

but permanent mark

Yes, you drove us home

Now it's my final stop under the gray

I turn off the key at the end of the day

But looking outside through the glass in the door There's a crowd

on the platform I've ne'er seen before With signs and with flowers

and eyes full of tears

All of the passengers from all of the years

And they sang: You drove us home

when the rain started falling

You drove us home

when our futures were calling Through every wedding and tear in the

dark You left a quiet but permanent mark

(oh, you drove us home)

Thirty-five years on a circular track

Never knew how much love would come back

(thank you)