LONG ROAD HOME [Verse 1] We’ve had talks beside the washer So the kids could stay asleep Split one paycheck five directions Found a way through one more week We can laugh about those weeks now They weren’t funny to us then You’ve seen me at my worst Still asked how my day had been [Chorus] The long road home Has room for all the ones I love For the ones who raised me And the ones I’m raising up For the hand I get to hold And the hands that let me go I thought we were just living We were on the long road home [Verse 2] Dad still asks about the furnace Mom sends twice the food we need My oldest friend can hear one word And know when something’s off with me Now my children roll their eyes At the same advice I give Funny how the people shape you Long before you notice it [Chorus] The long road home Has room for all the ones I love For the ones who raised me And the ones I’m raising up For the hand I get to hold And the hands that let me go I thought we were just living We were on the long road home [Verse 3] I have prayed and heard no answer Kept on talking all the same Thanked Him when the news was good Got angry when it changed I quit trying to sound holy Started saying what was true God can handle honest questions He was listening to those too [Final Chorus] The long road home Has room for all the ones I love For the ones who raised me And the ones I’m raising up For the hand I get to hold And the hands that let me go I thought we were just living We were on the long road home [Ending] I used to think we’d reach a point Where life would leave us alone Now I know this life together Is the long road home
