Made For The Long Way Home

Verse

Dust on my sandals, the market bell rings twice

Sold my last basket for a ticket and some rice

Mama's at the gate with her shawl around her arm

She says the road is long but the road can't do me harm

Pre-Chorus

So what do I leave behind

And what do I carry on

Every goodbye's a drum

Counting down to dawn

Chorus

I was made for the long way home

Every mile's a song I've grown

Feet are bare but my heart's in gold

Made for the long way, made for the long way home

Verse

Three days walking with the river as my guide

Traded stories for the shade on a mango's side

The wind picked up my name and carried it up high

Said don't you look back now, just wave and say goodbye

Pre-Chorus

So what do I leave behind

And what do I carry on

Every goodbye's a drum

Counting down to dawn

Chorus

I was made for the long way home

Every mile's a song I've grown

Feet are bare but my heart's in gold

Made for the long way, made for the long way home

Bridge

Every border's just a rhythm changing key

Every stranger's kin I haven't met, you'll see

The road that pulled me from you brings me back tenfold

This ain't the ending, just the chorus of my soul

Chorus

I was made for the long way home

Every mile's a song I've grown

Feet are bare but my heart's in gold

Made for the long way, made for the long way home