Homecoming (Walter's Song) Vienna Teng (Warm Strangers – 2004) Intro: E A E B A E E A E It's desert ice outside but this diner has thawed my ears B A E B Hot coffee in a clean white mug and a smile when the waitress hears Ab C#m A E That I was born in North Carolina, not an hour from her home town F#m A B And we used to play the same pizza parlor pinball E A E And there's a glance in time suspended as I wonder how it is B A E B We've been swept up just by circumstance to where the coyote lives Ab C#m A E Where my days are strips of highway, and she's wiping tables down F#m A B Holding on and still waiting for that windfall E A E But I...'ve come home B A E Even though I've never had so far to go E A E B/D# C#m F#m A B I...'ve come ho.............me E A E I pay the check and leave the change from a crumpled ten-dollar bill B A E B Head across the street where VACANCY is burning in neon still Ab C#m A E Well the night eats up my body heat, and there's no sign of another F#m A B And I find myself slipping down into that black E A E But things are good I've got a lot of followers of my faith B A E B I've got a whole congregation living in my head these days Ab C#m Ab C#m B And I'm preaching from the pulpit to cries of "Amen brother" A B Closing my eyes to feel the warmth come back E A E But I...'ve come home B A E Even though I swear I've never been so alone E A E B/D# C#m F#m A B Yet I...'ve come ho.............me Ab C#m A E I just want to be living as I'm dying, just like everybody here B A B E Just want to know my little flicker of time is worthwhile Ab C#m A E And I don't know where I'm driving to, but I know I'm getting old F# A B And there's a blessing in every moment every mile E A E B A E E A E Thin white terry bars of soap and a couple little plastic cups B A E B Old Gideons Bible in the nightstand drawer saying "Go on open up" Ab C#m A E Well I'll kneel down on the carpet here, though I never was sure of God F#m A B Think tonight I'll give Him the benefit of the doubt E A E I switch off the lights and imagine that a waitress outlined in the bed B A E B Her hair falling all around me, I smile and shake my head Ab C#m A E Well we all write our own endings, and we all have our own scars F#m A B But tonight I think I see what it's all about E A E Cause I...'ve come home B A E Ooooooooooooooh E A E B/D# C#m F#m A B E I... I......... I.... I've come home