[Verse 1]
I kept a motel Bible in the glovebox by the map
A half-paid bill from Tulsa and a jacket on my lap
You said, “The road can keep you, but it never brings you home”
I watched your porch light vanish as the county line rolled on
[Pre-Chorus]
I wore that leaving like a secondhand coat
Till your old words found me somewhere down the road
[Chorus]
If you’ve still got a place for the man I’ve been
I’ll come back honest, I’ll come back in
No silver tongue, no alibi to sell
Just these two hands and the years I spent in hell
If the door still opens, I’ll walk through slow
With a heart that’s bruised but finally knows
I don’t need saving, I just need a chance
To lay my restless life in your hands
[Verse 2]
I found your note last winter tucked inside my old guitar
“Don’t confuse a crowded room for knowing who you are”
I read it in a diner while the coffee turned to gray
And for the first time in a long time, I had nothing left to say
[Pre-Chorus]
I wore that leaving like a secondhand coat
Now every mile brings me closer to home
[Chorus]
If you’ve still got a place for the man I’ve been
I’ll come back honest, I’ll come back in
No silver tongue, no alibi to sell
Just these two hands and the years I spent in hell
If the door still opens, I’ll walk through slow
With a heart that’s bruised but finally knows
I don’t need saving, I just need a chance
To lay my restless life in your hands
[Bridge]
I can’t return the Sundays that I let go by
Or take back every hard goodbye
But I can stand here, sober in the rain
And tell you I won’t run away again
[Final Chorus]
If you’ve still got a place for the man I’ve been
I’ll come back honest, I’ll come back in
No silver tongue, no alibi to sell
Just these two hands and the years I spent in hell
If the door still opens, I’ll walk through slow
With a heart that’s bruised but finally knows
I don’t need saving, I just need a chance
To lay my restless life in your hands
[Outro]
I’m coming home, if you’ll let me in
Coming home, a better man than I’ve been