Going home

(Verse 1) The garden’s gone to seed, the vines are climbing high Tell me, traveler, why am I still under this city sky? I chained my spirit to a desk, a servant to the frame Wasting all my hollow years just playing someone's game. But the past is a ghost, and the ghost has lost its tongue I’m reaching for a melody that’s only just begun. (Chorus) And the boat goes light, dancing on the blue The wind is in my cotton sleeves, pulling me to you. I’m asking every stranger, "How many miles to go?" Hating how the morning light is moving far too slow. I wandered off the trail, but I didn't wander far Now I’m reading yesterday like a map to where we are. (Verse 2) The clouds drift from the canyon, they don't have a plan Even the birds get weary of the heights above the land. The shadows start to lengthen as the sun begins to fail I’m leaning on a lonely pine, at the ending of the trail. Everything is budding now, the spring is breaking through The world is at its seasonal best—I wish I could say it too. (Hook) Oh, the dust is on the shoes, but the key is in the lock I’m tired of the ticking of the city hall clock. Take me back to the dirt, take me back to the stone To the only little corner that my heart has ever known. I’m going back, yeah, I’m going home. (Back to the wild, back to the bone.) (Bridge) (Soft, rhythmic strumming) It’s a short stay, honey, in this house of bone and skin So why am I still worrying about the state I’m in? I don’t want the gold, I don't want the throne I just want to walk the path and call my life my own. (Hook) Oh, the dust is on the shoes, but the key is in the lock I’m tired of the ticking of the city hall clock. Take me back to the dirt, take me back to the stone To the only little corner that my heart has ever known. I’m going back, yeah, I’m going home. (Back to the wild, back to the bone.) (Outro) I’ll just ride the change, let the seasons turn to rust I’ll find my joy in fate until I’m settled in the dust. No more questions. No more doubts. The field is overgrown... And I’m finally checking out.