Lyrics:
Suitcase dust in the hallway
Key still sticks in the door
Same old creak of the screen swing
I've heard in my head on these tours
Little boots poundin' that hardwood
I hear Daddy! before I see
Two kids sliding 'round the corner
Like they've been saving up for me
This front porch feels like heaven
When I pull into that drive
Got jelly on my blue jeans
Little arms around my thighs
My girl in worn-out T-shirt
Smiling bigger than the sky
Dog losing his mind in the gravel
Tail swings like never before
Yeah, this is what I've been chasing
Every mile of that winding road
Coming home
She laughs, You look a little older
I say, You look just like a prayer
She hands me a crayon drawing
All five of us scribbled there
There's a dent in the kitchen table
From some wild and crazy game
I missed a couple of stories
But they still know my name
This front porch feels like heaven
When I pull into that drive
Got jelly on my blue jeans
Little arms around my thighs
My girl in worn-out T-shirt
Smiling bigger than the sky
Dog losing his mind in the gravel
Tail swings like never before
Yeah, this is what I've been chasing
Every mile of that winding road
Coming home
All those late-night truck stop coffees
All those empty motel beds
Fade out in the rearview
When she kisses my forehead (mmm, yeah)
If this old house had a heartbeat
It would sound like this, I know
Kids laughing, dog barking
Her whisper, Don't you go
This front porch feels like heaven
When I pull into that drive
Got jelly on my blue jeans
Little arms around my thighs
My girl in worn-out T-shirt
Smiling bigger than the sky
Dog losing his mind in the gravel
Tail swings like never before
Yeah, this is what I've been chasing
Every mile of that winding road
I'm done counting all the places
Never miss any of them all
Cause the favorite one I know
Is coming home
Suitcase dust in the hallway
Key still sticks in the door
Same old creak of the screen swing
I've heard in my head on these tours
Little boots poundin' that hardwood
I hear Daddy! before I see
Two kids sliding 'round the corner
Like they've been saving up for me
This front porch feels like heaven
When I pull into that drive
Got jelly on my blue jeans
Little arms around my thighs
My girl in worn-out T-shirt
Smiling bigger than the sky
Dog losing his mind in the gravel
Tail swings like never before
Yeah, this is what I've been chasing
Every mile of that winding road
Coming home
She laughs, You look a little older
I say, You look just like a prayer
She hands me a crayon drawing
All five of us scribbled there
There's a dent in the kitchen table
From some wild and crazy game
I missed a couple of stories
But they still know my name
This front porch feels like heaven
When I pull into that drive
Got jelly on my blue jeans
Little arms around my thighs
My girl in worn-out T-shirt
Smiling bigger than the sky
Dog losing his mind in the gravel
Tail swings like never before
Yeah, this is what I've been chasing
Every mile of that winding road
Coming home
All those late-night truck stop coffees
All those empty motel beds
Fade out in the rearview
When she kisses my forehead (mmm, yeah)
If this old house had a heartbeat
It would sound like this, I know
Kids laughing, dog barking
Her whisper, Don't you go
This front porch feels like heaven
When I pull into that drive
Got jelly on my blue jeans
Little arms around my thighs
My girl in worn-out T-shirt
Smiling bigger than the sky
Dog losing his mind in the gravel
Tail swings like never before
Yeah, this is what I've been chasing
Every mile of that winding road
I'm done counting all the places
Never miss any of them all
Cause the favorite one I know
Is coming home