Homecoming (Walter's Song)
Vienna Teng
(Warm Strangers – 2004)
Intro: E A E
B A E
E A E
It's desert ice outside but this diner has thawed my ears
B A E B
Hot coffee in a clean white mug and a smile when the waitress hears
G# C#m A E
That I was born in North Carolina, not an hour from her home town
F#m A B
And we used to play the same pizza parlor pinball
E A E
And there's a glance in time suspended as I wonder how it is
B A E B
We've been swept up just by circumstance to where the coyote lives
G# C#m A E
Where my days are strips of highway, and she's wiping tables down
F#m A B
Holding on and still waiting for that windfall
E A E
But I...'ve come home
B A E
Even though I've never had so far to go
E A E B/D# C#m F#m A B
I...'ve come ho.............me
E A E
I pay the check and leave the change from a crumpled ten-dollar bill
B A E B
Head across the street where VACANCY is burning in neon still
G# C#m A E
Well the night eats up my body heat, and there's no sign of another
F#m A B
And I find myself slipping down into that black
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E A E
But things are good I've got a lot of followers of my faith
B A E B
I've got a whole congregation living in my head these days
G# C#m G# C#m B
And I'm preaching from the pulpit to cries of "Amen brother"
A B
Closing my eyes to feel the warmth come back
E A E
But I...'ve come home
B A E
Even though I swear I've never been so alone
E A E B/D# C#m F#m A B
Yet I...'ve come ho.............me
G# C#m A E
I just want to be living as I'm dying, just like everybody here
B A B E
Just want to know my little flicker of time is worthwhile
G# C#m A E
And I don't know where I'm driving to, but I know I'm getting old
F# A B
And there's a blessing in every moment every mile
E A E
B A E
E A E
Thin white terry bars of soap and a couple little plastic cups
B A E B
Old Gideons Bible in the nightstand drawer saying "Go on open up"
G# C#m A E
Well I'll kneel down on the carpet here, though I never was sure of God
F#m A B
Think tonight I'll give Him the benefit of the doubt
E A E
I switch off the lights and imagine that a waitress outlined in the bed
B A E B
Her hair falling all around me, I smile and shake my head
G# C#m A E
Well we all write our own endings, and we all have our own scars
F#m A B
But tonight I think I see what it's all about
E A E
Cause I...'ve come home
B A E
Ooooooooooooooh
E A E B/D# C#m F#m A B E
I... I......... I.... I've come home
