My Father's House

Last night I dreamed that

I was a child

Out where the pines grow

Wild and tall

I was trying to

Make it home through the forest

Before the darkness falls

I heard the wind rustling

Through the trees

And ghostly voices

Rose from the fields

I ran with my heart pounding

Down that broken path

With the devil snappin' at my heels

I broke through the trees and

There in the night

My father's house stood

Shining hard and bright

The branches and brambles

Tore my clothes and scratched my arms

But I ran 'til I fell shaking in his arms

I awoke and I imagined

The hard things that pulled us apart

Will never again Sir

Tear us from each other's hearts

I got dressed and to that house

I did ride

From out on the road

I could see its windows shining in light

I walked up the steps and

Stood on the porch

A woman I didn't recognize

Came and spoke to me through a chained door

I told her my story

And who I'd come for

She said: "I'm sorry son but no one by that name

Lives here anymore"

My father's house shines

Hard and bright

It stands like a beacon

Calling me in the night

Calling and calling

So cold and alone

Shining 'cross this dark highway

Where our sins lie unatoned