jet fuel and traffic lines pulling up to the delta signs distant shape of my hometown black stain where the wheels touch down i pick up the morning news i pass the man who s never shined my shoes through security and to the train that ll take me to the airplane count the miles on the highway the sum of all my days there s a postcard there s a call and there s a picture for your bedroom wall but do you ever wonder through and through who s that person standing next to you and after all the nights apart is there a home for a traveling heart but if i weren t leaving you i don t know what i would do but the more i go the less i know will the fire still burn on my return keep the path lit on the only road i know honey all i know to do is go a cup of coffee and my bags are packed same vow not to look back familiar emptiness inside as the distances grow wide and though i vow to memorize last look in your loving eyes it s here dusk and there dawn oh it s like a curtain getting slowly drawn but if i weren t leaving you i don t know what i would do but the more i go the less i know will the fire still burn on my return keep the path lit on the only road i know honey all i know to do is go  but if i weren t leaving you i don t know what i would do oh but the more i go it seems the less i know will the fire still burn on my return keep the path lit on the only road i know honey all i know to do is go