The Ridge Road Home

[Intro]
[Verse]
Down the ridge where pines grow tall
Eighteen months since I felt the fall
Gears are grinding a heavy song
Finally back where I belong
Tires humming on the gravel track
No more looking in the mirror back
[Pre-Chorus]
I see the valley start to glow
In the fire of the sun so low
Every mile is fading fast
I am catching up at last
[Chorus]
Oh, the golden light is pouring down
Over every roof in this town
Hear the fiddle cry, banjo spin
Open up the door, let me in
Yeah, we’re home again
Where the mountain meets the sky, friend
[Post-Chorus]
We are home again
Yeah, we're home again
Feel the spirit rise
Underneath these familiar skies
[Verse]
Old man Miller gives a steady wave
Saved the stories that the valley gave
Grandma’s chimney blowing silver smoke
Best damn punchline to a long-road joke
Screen door slams with a wooden crack
Lay my heavy burden off my back
[Pre-Chorus]
I see the valley start to glow
In the fire of the sun so low
Every mile is fading fast
I am catching up at last
[Chorus]
Oh, the golden light is pouring down
Over every roof in this town
Hear the fiddle cry, banjo spin
Open up the door, let me in
Yeah, we’re home again
Where the mountain meets the sky, friend
[Bridge]
I got postcards in a tattered pile
Carried every single dusty mile
Jar of jam from a roadside stand
Sticky sweetness in a calloused hand
No more diners, no more neon glare
Just the smell of cedar in the air
[Instrumental]
[Verse]
Jukebox playing that familiar tune
Underneath a rising mountain moon
Cracked porch swing starts to rock and sway
Chasing all the highway ghosts away
They know my name and they know my face
There ain’t no substitute for this place
[Hook]
It's the quiet relief
Of a shared belief
That we belong right here
Year after year
[Chorus]
Oh, the golden light is pouring down
Over every roof in this town
Hear the fiddle cry, banjo spin
Open up the door, let me in
Yeah, we’re home again
Where the mountain meets the sky, friend
[Post-Chorus]
We are home again
Yeah, we're home again
Feel the spirit rise
Underneath these familiar skies
[Breakdown]
No more yellow lines
Just the mountain pines
No more diesel smoke
Just the words we spoke
[Outro]