Roadside Reverie

Old mile marker thirty-two

Cranesbill blooming in the summer heat

That gray gravel turning back into blacktop

Leading these worn-out tires where they ought to be

I put two thousand miles behind my back Just to remember who

I was before the road went slack

And every curve is looking familiar now

Yeah the dust is finally settling down

There's a porch light burning in the pines

Waiting on a prodigal to pull in line

Cut the headlights down at the cattle gate

Leave the wandering years to yesterday

(leave it all behind)

Yeah the road was long but the welcome's strong tonight

Fencing wire running along the ditch

Mended up with baling twine and rust

Funny how the things that keep you tethered

Are the only things you ever really trust

Kitchen window showing yellow through the trees Already catching woodsmoke on the

evening breeze

There's a porch light burning in the pines

Waiting on a prodigal to pull in line

Cut the headlights down at the cattle gate

Leave the wandering years to yesterday

(oh yesterday)

Yeah the road was long but the welcome's strong tonight

I am finally home

Yeah, finally home (mmm)