I have not been home
 
 Since you left long ago
 
  
  I'm thumbing my way back to heaven
  
 
 Counting steps walking backwards on the road
 
 Counting my way back to heaven
 
 I can't be free
 
 With what's locked inside of me
 
 There's no wrong or right
 
 But I'm sure there's good and bad
 
 Questions linger overhead
 
 No matter how cold the winter
 
 There's a spring time ahead
  
 
 I'm thumbing my way back to heaven
  
 
 I wish that I could hold you
 
 I wish that I had
 
 Thinking about heaven
  
 
 I let go of the rope
 
 Thinking that's what held me back
 
 And in time I realize it's now wrapped around my neck
 
 I can't see what's next from this lonely overpass
 
 Hang my head and count my steps as another car goes past
 
 I turn my back
 
 Now there's no turning back
 
 All the rusted signs we ignore througout our lives
 
 Choosing the shiny ones instead
 
 No matter how cold the winter
 
 There's a spring time ahead
 
 I smile but who am I kidding
 
 I'm just walking the miles
 
 Every once and a while I'll get a ride
  
 
 I'm thumbing my way back to heaven
 
 I'm thumbing my way back to heaven
 
 I'm thumbing my way back to heaven