My Father's House

[Verse 1]

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

[Verse 2]

I heard the wind rustling through the trees

And ghostly voices rose up from the fields

I ran with my heart pounding down that broken pathway

With the devil snapping at my heels

[Verse 3]

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 caused me harm

But I ran 'til I fell shaking in his arms

[Verse 4]

I awoke and 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

[Verse 5]

I walked up the steps and stood on the porch

A woman I didn't recognize 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"

[Verse 6]

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