Intro: E5 A5 E5 B5 A5 E5 E5 A5 E5 It's desert ice outside but this diner has thawed my ears B5 A5 E5 B5 Hot coffee in a clean white mug and a smile when the waitress hears G#5 C#5 A5 E5 That I was born in North Carolina, not an hour from her home town F#5 A5 B5 And we used to play the same pizza parlor pinball E5 A5 E5 And there's a glance in time suspended as I wonder how it is B5 A5 E5 B5 We've been swept up just by circumstance to where the coyote lives G#5 C#5 A5 E5 Where my days are strips of highway, and she's wiping tables down F#5 A5 B5 Holding on and still waiting for that windfall E5 A5 E5 But I...'ve come home B5 A5 E5 Even though I've never had so far to go E5 A5 E5 B5 C#5 F#5 A5 B5 I...'ve come ho.............me E5 A5 E5 I pay the check and leave the change from a crumpled ten-dollar bill B5 A5 E5 B5 Head across the street where VACANCY is burning in neon still G#5 C#5 A5 E5 Well the night eats up my body heat, and there's no sign of another F#5 A5 B5 And I find myself slipping down into that black E5 A5 E5 But things are good I've got a lot of followers of my faith B5 A5 E5 B5 I've got a whole congregation living in my head these days G#5 C#5 G#5 C#5 B5 And I'm preaching from the pulpit to cries of "Amen brother" A5 B5 Closing my eyes to feel the warmth come back E5 A5 E5 But I...'ve come home B5 A5 E5 Even though I swear I've never been so alone E5 A5 E5 B5 C#5 F#5 A5 B5 Yet I...'ve come ho.............me G#5 C#5 A5 E5 I just want to be living as I'm dying, just like everybody here B5 A5 B5 E5 Just want to know my little flicker of time is worthwhile G#5 C#5 A5 E5 And I don't know where I'm driving to, but I know I'm getting old F#5 A5 B5 And there's a blessing in every moment every mile E5 A5 E5 B5 A5 E5 E5 A5 E5 Thin white terry bars of soap and a couple little plastic cups B5 A5 E5 B5 Old Gideons Bible in the nightstand drawer saying "Go on open up" G#5 C#5 A5 E5 Well I'll kneel down on the carpet here, though I never was sure of God F#5 A5 B5 Think tonight I'll give Him the benefit of the doubt E5 A5 E5 I switch off the lights and imagine that a waitress outlined in the bed B5 A5 E5 B5 Her hair falling all around me, I smile and shake my head G#5 C#5 A5 E5 Well we all write our own endings, and we all have our own scars F#5 A5 B5 But tonight I think I see what it's all about E5 A5 E5 Cause I...'ve come home B5 A5 E5 Ooooooooooooooh E5 A5 E5 B5 C#5 F#5 A5 B5 E5 I... I......... I.... I've come home
