[al:] [ar:vienna teng] [ti:homecoming] [00:06.8][00:01.5]Vienna teng [00:06.8][00:04.7]homecoming [00:15.5]it's desert ice outside but this diner has thawed my ears [00:22.7]hot coffee in a clean white mug and a smile when the waitress hears [00:28.8]that I was born in North Carolina [00:33.9]not an hour from her home town [00:37.8]and we used to play the same pizza parlor pinball [00:43.6] [00:45.7]and there's a glance in time suspended as I wonder how it is [00:51.4]we've been swept up just by circumstance to where the coyote lives [00:58.6]where my days are strips of highway [01:04.8]and she's wiping tables down [01:08.5]holding on and still waiting for that windfall [01:14.5] [01:16.8]but I've come home [01:23.9]even though I've never had so far to go [01:31.7]I've come home [01:37.9] [01:47.8]I pay the check and leave the change from a crumpled ten-dollar bill [01:54.7]head across the street where VACANCY is burning in neon still [02:02.6]well the night eats up my body heat [02:06.3]and there's no sign of another [02:09.8]and I find myself slipping down into that black [02:16.5] [02:18.1]but things are good I've got a lot of followers of my faith [02:25.0]I've got a whole congregation living in my head these days [02:32.8]and I'm preaching from the pulpit [02:37.4]to cries of a€?Amen brothera€? [02:41.5]closing my eyes to feel the warmth come back [02:48.2] [02:48.7]and I've come home [02:56.0]even though I swear I've never been so alone [03:03.8]I've come home [03:17.8] [03:18.9]I just want to be living as I'm dying [03:23.2]just like everybody here [03:26.4]just want to know my little flicker of time is worthwhile [03:34.1]and I don't know where I'm driving to [03:38.5]but I know I'm getting old [03:42.0]and there's a blessing in every moment every mile [03:49.6] [04:06.1]thin white terry bars of soap and a couple little plastic cups [04:12.8]old Gideons Bible in the nightstand drawer saying a€?Go on open upa€? [04:20.2]well I'll kneel down on the carpet here [04:24.8]though I never was sure of God [04:28.5]think tonight I'll give Him the benefit of the doubt [04:35.2] [04:36.6]I switch off the lights and imagine that waitress outlined in the bed [04:43.6]her hair falling all around me [04:47.5]I smile and shake my head [04:51.3]well we all write our own endings [04:55.0]and we all have our own scars [04:59.4]but tonight I think I see what it's all about [05:07.1] [05:10.0]because I've come home [05:22.7]I've come home