Homecoming-Vienna Teng

[ti:Homecoming] [ar:Vienna Teng] [al:Warm Strangers] [00:16.22]It's desert ice outside but this diner has thawed my ears [00:22.65]Hot coffee in a clean white mug and a smile when the waitress hears [00:30.37]That I was born in North Carolina [00:34.11]Not an hour from her home town [00:37.81]And we used to play the same pizza parlor pinball [00:43.97] [00:45.38]And there's a glance in time suspended as I wonder how it is [00:52.33]We've been swept up just by circumstance to where the coyote lives [01:00.11]Where my days are strips of highway [01:04.61]And she's wiping tables down [01:08.27]Holding on and still waiting for that windfall [01:14.89] [01:16.41]But I've come home [01:23.99]Even though I've never had so far to go [01:31.79]I've come home [01:44.09] [01:48.18]I pay the check and leave the change from a crumpled ten-dollar bill [01:54.49]Head across the street where VACANCY is burning in neon still [02:02.18]Well the night eats up my body heat [02:06.28]And there's no sign of another [02:09.77]And I find myself slipping down into that black [02:17.23] [02:17.92]But things are good I've got a lot of followers of my faith [02:25.01]I've got a whole congregation living in my head these days [02:32.41]And I'm preaching from the pulpit [02:36.43]To cries of “Amen brother” [02:40.87]Closing my eyes to feel the warmth come back [02:48.07] [02:48.29]And I've come home [02:55.25]Even though I swear I've never been so alone [03:03.06]I've come home [03:16.74] [03:18.39]I just want to be living as I'm dying [03:23.11]Just like everybody here [03:26.32]Just want to know my little flicker of time is worthwhile [03:33.65]And I don't know where I'm driving to [03:37.99]But I know I'm getting old [03:41.54]And there's a blessing in every moment every mile [03:56.59] [04:05.08]Thin white terry bars of soap and a couple little plastic cups [04:12.23]Old Gideons Bible in the nightstand drawer saying “Go on open up” [04:20.04]Well I'll kneel down on the carpet here [04:23.85]Though I never was sure of God [04:27.33]Think tonight I'll give Him the benefit of the doubt [04:33.14] [04:35.53]I switch off the lights and imagine that waitress outlined in the bed [04:42.55]Her hair falling all around me [04:47.10]I smile and shake my head [04:50.38]Well we all write our own endings [04:54.51]And we all have our own scars [04:58.28]But tonight I think I see what it's all about [05:05.75] [05:05.93]Because I've come home [05:21.49]I've come home