I met a girl who'd never been kissed And I'd like to think she still exists We both believed in the things that we'd never done I left home And I left her there The world is round And I swear Next time I'm coming back the way I come 'Cause Lord I know this path is long But if I just keep moving on One day I'm gonna walk where I started from And all I need is all I got And if you love me Then I'll be gone But next time I'm coming back the way I come And I got a job So I got paid And I got paid So I got laid I did my best to make up for my mistakes And I had friends and I had a band And we did the best we could in this world of man I guess the best you can do is all you can take Some nights I lay awake till three The ceiling hummin' over me Morning always found me somewhere new I wore out roads and wore out shoes Lost a few and paid my dues A funny thing, but not a one of them felt like home to me I'd call my mama now and then Say, "I'll be back when I can" She'd just laugh and say, "Girl, don't you hurry time" I was always driftin' somewhere new Runnin' after what I already knew But I couldn't hear her love through all the noise I spent my life living like I was dying I never was one to settle down But I guess it all goes the way it comes around But next time I know the way back now And Lord I know this path is long But if I just keep moving on One day I'm gonna walk where I started from And all I need is all I got And if you love me Then I'll be gone But next time I'm coming back the way I come
