Homeward Bound
... With a burden of the past upon his weary shoulders, He rides ahead in search of something new. Leaving behind what he had to deal with, ‘cause it's all he1s ever known. Day by day, he's living, trying to find a way home. His family is far behind him, on the path to self-destruction, And as he looks in from a strangers darkness All he sees are happy images lost and frozen in the past. He tries so hard to break through the separating wall of lost forgiveness. One day he finds himself alone, adrift and in confusion, Halfway from the past, and God only knows what's beyond. And all he can do is fall to his knees and plead With his Father to take away the pain. Take away the pain of the swift confusion that has marred his soul. Lift him up and set him on his feet among a world of falls from grace. His thick-throated, rugged cries fall upon the lap of a saving King, And he bows before his Savior in pleading submission. Hi...