A Bible and A Bus Ticket Home

(Craig Wiseman/James Dean Hicks) Mamma`s tears fell so easy Daddy`s handshake was strong Then I climbed aboard that Greyhound Eighteen and glad to be gone Took a rented room on broadway As I unpacked everything I owed I found a note my mamma left me With a Bible and a bus ticket home (It said) One will get you where you`re going When you haven`t got a prayer And one will bring you back son If you`re dreams ain`t waiting there You`re out on your own now We won`t be there to fall back on But you know we`re never farther Than a Bible and a bus ticket home. The years have come and gone and taken The only things in life I ever counted on But I`m going back tomorrow To lay flowers on their stone. I can almost hear my mamma calling Saying son come back where you belong You`ve got all you need to get here A Bible and a bus ticket home One will get you where you`re going When you haven`t got a prayer And one will bring you back son If you`re dreams ain`t waiting there You`re out on your own now We won`t be there to fall back on But you know we`re never farther Than a Bible and a bus ticket home.