I'm Coming Back

there’s a light in the alley

from the late night restaurant

there’s road off winding

That takes you anywhere you want

there’s an all night diner

where i go sometimes

to watch the cars on the street

through the old crooked blinds

there’s a waitress there who serves me

black tea with a smile

she calls me sweetheart and honey

and lets me stay there awhile

the cooks in the kitchen

put on the country radio

they play lefty and tammy

and the old opry show

when i walk back out

i’m headed for the park

i put my hands in my pockets

and watch the moon in the dark

it’s back to work on monday

but for now i’m free

i let bus pass me by

and walk awhile down the street

the city lights are burning

it’s like an old photograph

yeah i know i never i left here

but i feel like i’m coming back

there’s my old house on harmon

we’d sit out on the roof

listen to the interstate

and wait for the stars to come through

and now the soft church lights

fall down on the scene

i remember when i was younger

how much i use to dream

i turn back down the drag

on that old familiar road

i use to work at this building

and after work we’d all go

to spider house or somewhere

with some music or a book

we all had stories back then

we had our versus and our hooks

when i walk back out

i take the way through the park

i kick the leaves as i’m walking

and watch the moon in the dark

it’s back to work on monday

but for now i’m free

i let the bus pass me by

and walk awhile down the street

the city lights are burning

it’s like an old photograph

yeah i know i never i left here

but i feel like i’m coming back