Lyric

[Verse 1]

Dust on the dashboard

Old county sign in view

I roll the window halfway down

Smell the fields

Think of you

Mailbox leans like an old friend

Dog's already by the gate

Your shadow on the front porch light

I’m finally running late

[Chorus]

I’m going back home to us

To Sunday calls and coffee cups

To your head on my shoulder

When the day’s too much

All the miles I thought I needed

Fade out in your touch

I’m going back home

Back home to us

[Verse 2]

Your mama’s at the kitchen sink

Laugh lines

Wet hands

Wide smile

Dad’s chair creaks

He stands up slow

Pulls me in

Holds on a while

Fridge full of old pictures

Crayon names

Crooked frames

You take my hand and squeeze it twice

I know I’m safe again

[Chorus]

I’m going back home to us

To midnight talks and praying once

For one more year all here together

At this old address of trust

All the miles I thought I needed

Fade out in your touch

I’m going back home

Back home to us

[Bridge]

You lean on my shoulder

Say

“Don’t you ever go so long”

I whisper

“I didn’t know

This was where I still belong”

Out there I was restless

Here

I’m only known

Every road that I’ve been chasing

Was turning toward this home

[Chorus]

I’m going back home to us

To kitchen lights and tender fuss

To laughing hard at nothing

Till the night runs out of hush

All the miles I thought I needed

Fade out in your touch

I’m going back home

Back home to us