Long Way Home

I was five years old

They came and took my daddy away

Momma said he'll be back home a year from today

I know you're young but I hope you understand

These are the kind of things that happen to a man

I see her talkin' but I can't hear nothin'

Sweet salvation cover me

Take me where I long to be

Pick me up and carry me

Oh I need your love

It's such a long way home

Even though I fall sometimes

Nothin' here can change my mind

Lord I need your love

It's such a long way home

Daddy cried

Boy you'd better come home right now

Momma's gone

Sickness took her down

I know you're young

But I hope you understand

These are the kind of things that happen to a man

I see him talkin' but I don't hear nothin'

Lookin' round but I can't see

I touch fear but I feel nothin'

Sweet salvation cover me

All this pain locked up inside of me

On my knees I prayed you'd set me free

I know you hurt

But I really do understand

I'm the one who held your pain when I became a man

Speak to me so I hear something

Turn my eyes so I can see

You touch fear and I feel something

Sweet salvation cover me