Homecoming Lyrics - Warm Strangers - Vienna Teng

It's desert ice outside but this diner has thawed my ears 

Hot coffee in a clean white mug and a smile when the waitress hears 

That I was born in North Carolina 

Not an hour from her home town 

And we used to play the same pizza parlor pinball 

And there's a glance in time suspended as I wonder how it is 

We've been swept up just by circumstance to where the coyote lives 

Where my days are strips of highway 

And she's wiping tables down 

Holding on and still waiting for that windfall 

But I've come home 

Even though I've never had so far to go 

I've come home 

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I pay the check and leave the change from a crumpled ten-dollar bill 

Head across the street where VACANCY is burning in neon still 

Well the night eats up my body heat 

And there's no sign of another 

And I find myself slipping down into that black 

But things are good I've got a lot of followers of my faith 

I've got a whole congregation living in my head these days 

And I'm preaching from the pulpit 

To cries of "Amen brother" 

Closing my eyes to feel the warmth come back 

And I've come home 

Even though I swear I've never been so alone 

I've come home 

I just want to be living as I'm dying 

Just like everybody here 

Just want to know my little flicker of time is worthwhile 

And I don't know where I'm driving to 

But I know I'm getting old 

And there's a blessing in every moment every mile 

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Thin white terry bars of soap and a couple little plastic cups 

Old Gideons Bible in the nightstand drawer saying "Go on open up" 

Well I'll kneel down on the carpet here 

Though I never was sure of God 

Think tonight I'll give Him the benefit of the doubt 

I switch off the lights and imagine that waitress outlined in the bed 

Her hair falling all around me 

I smile and shake my head 

Well we all write our own endings 

And we all have our own scars 

But tonight I think I see what it's all about 

Because I've come home 

I've come home