Homecoming Songtext

von Josh Ritter

I feel a change in the weather
I feel a change in me
The days are getting shorter
And the birds begin to leave

Even me, yes, yes, y'all
Who has been so long alone
I'm headed home
Headed home

The nights are getting colder now
And the air is getting crisp
Our first taste of the universe
On a night like this

A box of wine, an alibi, and the hunger in her eyes
And the place where the tree of good and evil still resides
Still resides

Homecoming
Homecoming, Homecoming

She said show me what you got babe
I'm not like other girls
Just give me your bad self and a place for us to make a stand
And I can move the world

Lift a valley from a floor, honey
A little tongue to the sky
You'll say that it's a miracle
And know damn well they're right
Damn well they're right

Homecoming
Homecoming, Homecoming
Homecoming
Homecoming, Homecoming

The miracle spoke to me
She was like a roadside song
Do unto others as you would have them do
Even if in turn they do you wrong

This town right here's my everything
And though I've been torn away
It has my heart, it has my heart
Be still my heart, my heart be still
My heart be still, my heart be still, my heart be still

Get just a little bit high
Get a little tongue-tied
Gonna try to find whatever in the meantime
That kind of immemorial
That time before the fall
That time before the autumn really turned the corner
Drive east of eden till we start the feel the west
We were never far from nowhere
You could see it from the edge of town
Honey baby, wonder how it feels now
Somehow I can't believe that it could feel like before, but

The airs getting colder now
The nights are getting crisp
I first tasted the universe
On a night like this

An alibi, a box of wine, and the hunger in your eyes
In the place where the tree of good and evil still resides

Homecoming
Homecoming, Homecoming
Homecoming
Homecoming, Homecoming
Homecoming
Homecoming, Homecoming
Homecoming
Homecoming, Homecoming
Homecoming
Homecoming, Homecoming