It’s four in the mornin’ on a quiet stretch of road Running eastward from the Rockies to the sea The moon shines bright on the corn fields tonight And the air is sweet with possibility I’m one week through a journey that began unexpectedly And I have no idea when it will end But each passing mile brings me closer to the truth And I can’t wait to get back home again

I’m reading roadsigns, and hope they point the way To a place where dreams come true Reading roadsigns, to forget about the past I read the roadsigns, hoping they will bring me home to you

Sitting in a diner, my exhilaration waning Somewhere between the darkness and the dawn Searching in vain for second chances Some way to find myself before I’m gone I’m just a lonely pilgrim, in search of immortality Driven by a need I can’t defend But love is stronger than anger and fear And I can’t wait to get back home again

CHORUS

All of the crosses on the roadside
Are melting like a landscape in the rain And all of the darkness that brought me this far Burns up in the light of a brand new day

Standing at a truck stop, along some dusty interstate A telephone is cradled in my ear A small voice says “Daddy, where have you gone?”
There is no way to tell him why I’m here Then is occurs to me, though I am not a hero to myself There is someone who needs me And therein lies the answer It all seems perfectly clear And the rest of my life spreads before me like a rose Lord please get me home and far away from here

And I read the roadsigns, and know they’ll point the way To a place where dreams come true I read the roadsigns, and forget about the past I read the roadsigns, knowing they will bring me home to you