[Intro] [fingerpicked acoustic guitar, clean electric guitar melodic fills] [Verse 1] [baritone male vocals] My daddy came back different From a desert I can't name Wouldn't talk about the blood Or the friends he couldn't save [bass enters] Just sat on the front porch Watching cars pass by Said the world's gone crazy And I don't know why [Chorus] [full band enters, driving drums, organ pads] We're all just trying to make it through Politics tearing us in two But I see it in his eyes He'd do it all again For the ones he left behind And the ones back home again Yeah, the ones back home again [Verse 2] [drums drop to cross-stick snare, acoustic guitar continues] Mama worries about the news Says it's getting worse each day Neighbors fighting neighbors Over what we're supposed to say Me and him, we don't argue We just sit here in the dark Listen to the crickets And the beating of our hearts [Chorus] [full band, increased intensity] We're all just trying to make it through Politics tearing us in two But I see it in his eyes He'd do it all again For the ones he left behind And the ones back home again Yeah, the ones back home again [Bridge] [electric guitar solo, melodic and bluesy] He folds his hands like prayer Though he hasn't prayed in years Jaw tight as a fist When the sirens disappear I ask him what he's thinking He just points up at the stars Says some scars don't show But they run too deep to close [Outro] [music softens, acoustic guitar and organ] So I'll leave that porch light on Through the chaos and the pain My old man taught me something Worth more than any gain [Chorus] We're all just trying to make it through Politics tearing us in two But I see it in his eyes He'd do it all again For the ones he left behind And the ones back home again For the ones back home again Yeah, the ones back home again [acoustic guitar fade out]
