HOMECOMING (WALTER'S SONG) - Vienna Teng
G G C G
it's desert ice outside but this diner has thawed my ears
G C G D
hot coffee in a clean white mug and a smile when the waitress hears
Em C
that I was born in North Caro - lina
G
not an hour from her home town
C G D
and we used to play the same pizza parlor pin - ball
G G C G
and there's a glance in time sus - pended as I wonder how it is
G C G D
we've been swept up just by circumstance to where the coyote lives
Em C
where my days are strips of highway
G
and she's wiping tables down
C G D
holding on and still waiting for that windfall
G C G
but I've come home
G C G D
even though I've never had so far to go
G C G
I've come home
G C G
I pay the check and leave the change from a crumpled ten-dollar bill
C G D
head across the street where VACANCY is burning in neon still
Em C
well the night eats up my body heat
G
and there's no sign of another
C G D
and I find myself slipping down into that black
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G C G G
but things are good I've got a lot of followers of my faith
C G D
I've got a whole congre - gation living in my head these days
Em C
and I'm preaching from the pulpit
G C
to cries of "Amen brother"
C G D
closing my eyes to feel the warmth come back
G G C G D
and I've come home
G C G D
even though I swear I've never been so alone
G C G
I've come home
G Em C
I just want to be living as I'm dying
G
just like everybody here
C G
just want to know my little flicker of time is worth - while
Em C
and I don't know where I'm driving to
G
but I know I'm getting old
C G D
and there's a blessing in every moment every mile
G C G
thin white terry bars of soap and a couple little plastic cups
G C G D
old Gideons Bible in the nightstand drawer saying "Go on open up"
Em C
well I'll kneel down on the carpet here
G G
though I never was sure of God
C G D
think to - night I'll give Him the benefit of the doubt
G C G
I switch off the lights and imagine that waitress outlined in the bed
G C
her hair falling all a - round me
G D
I smile and shake my head
Em C
well we all write our own endings
G
and we all have our own scars
C G D
but to - night I think I see what it's all a - bout
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because I've come home
G C G
I've come home
