Maybe it was a long road Or a short road That took a long while To wander down Down along the blue-green pines & the trumpet vines With dusty shoes & shadow lines I heard you're heading back home now… I heard you're heading back home Against a smoky dawn With a soldier's song Steadily holding out & holding on Suddenly I remember when You shook your head & storm clouds gathered Around your bed Was it sunset or sunrise? Was it in the sky above or in your eyes That I saw the traces of The smiles of love? I heard you're heading back home now… I heard you're heading back home The crossing down Like an acrobat of this & that A circus wire, the perfect act Falling endlessly Unworldly, like the Day Lilly Moving slowly Under the cover of The mountain trees Trains & bells & hurricanes & numbers lined up In dirty lanes Driving down the interstate I heard you're heading back home now… I heard you're heading back home Guitar strings & ammunition Metals, meadows & intuition Pa**ing quietly Like a season Dancing like a little boy & an old man Side by side Hand in hand I heard you're heading back home now… I heard you're heading back home