Miles from the Wire

[Intro]
[Verse]
Rust on the fender of this Ford
I’m headin' back to where I was born
The sun is sinkin' low on the ridge
Crossin' over that rickety bridge
My boots are heavy on the floor
I don’t need to wander no more
Just a lonesome gravel track
Leading this old lineman back
[Pre-Chorus]
The hills are callin' out my name
Nothing here ever feels the same
Yet everything's right where it belongs
Like the notes in a favorite song
[Chorus]
I’m miles from the wire now
Wiping the sweat from my brow
No more poles left to climb
Just takin' back my own time
Back to the porch and the pie
Underneath that Ozark sky
Yeah I'm finally home to stay
Watching the gold fade away
[Post-Chorus]
Oh, I’m finally home
No more need to roam
Just the dust and the light
Everything’s gonna be right
[Verse]
Grandma’s peach pie on the screen
Sweetest smell that I’ve ever seen
The old mill stands by the creek
With secrets it’s too tired to speak
And she’s waitin' there by the gate
I told her I wouldn't be late
She’s the reason I stood the rain
Through the cold and the winter pain
[Hook]
Home is the light in the dark
Home is the beat in my heart
[Bridge]
These hands are blistered and torn
From the day that I was born
I gave my years to the line
To keep the porch lights shine
But now the light is for me
Finally wild and finally free
I can hear the harmonica play
At the end of a long, long day
[Verse]
The gravel crunches under my wheels
You don't know how good it feels
To park this truck in the shade
And see the life that we made
No more storms to chase down
In every flickering little town
I’m plantin' my feet in the clay
And I ain't ever walkin' away
[Chorus]
I’m miles from the wire now
Wiping the sweat from my brow
No more poles left to climb
Just takin' back my own time
Back to the porch and the pie
Underneath that Ozark sky
Yeah I'm finally home to stay
Watching the gold fade away
[Post-Chorus]
Oh, I’m finally home
No more need to roam
Just the dust and the light
Everything’s gonna be right
[Breakdown]
Brushed snare and a steady beat
Feeling that Missouri heat
Soft steel guitar start to cry
As the moon climbs up high
[Chorus]
I’m miles from the wire now
Wiping the sweat from my brow
No more poles left to climb
Just takin' back my own time
Back to the porch and the pie
Underneath that Ozark sky
Yeah I'm finally home to stay
Watching the gold fade away
[Outro]