Only Way Home Lyrics

Well I've been from Austin

To the Northwood pines

And I've played in bars and slept in cars

Workin' that double time

And I've been to Times Square

And the Hollywood sign

Ah but seeing sights and neon lights

Can't satisfy my mind

Because the only way home

Is across the river and over the valley

Out on my own

I left you crying in Tallahassee

Ain't nothin' like those Nashville nights

To tame my stubborn heart

That's the only way home

It's true

Well my Mama told me

I done raised you right

Treat a lady nice and follow Christ

And say your prayers at night

Well my Pops he told me

Try to do it right

If you mess it well that's just dumb luck

Hell, I've been there before

Son, the only way home

Is across the river and over the valley

Out on your own

A few hundred miles from Tallahassee

Ain't nothin' like those Nashville nights

To tame a stubborn heart

That's the only way home

For you

But lately these old Tennessee hills

Don't make me feel alive

It's like I hit a wall

And I feel a call

To just leave it all

And head South on 65

Don't know why it took so long

For this old heart to finally realize

But as I hit the road

With a heavy load

Wanna let you know

Just what it feels like

It feels like

Like the only way home

Is across the river and over the valley

Back down that road

To where I left you crying in Tallahassee

I guess it's true

It's only you

That can tame my stubborn heart

Yeah, the only way home

Was always, you