Trace Adkins - My Way Back

Perhaps the great question that any religion must deal with is the problem of Free Will.  Christianity in particular has a cycle, all wrapped up in this problem.  The Fall leads to free will, and to original sin.  The Resurrection leads to the return.

Unsurprisingly, there's a Country song about that.

Trace Adkins sings of that cycle, in more prosaic terms.  We all of us must strike out on our own, pointing our wheels towards that sunset, or we never really complete that journey from child to adult.  But that free will comes at a cost, as perhaps anything truly worth having must.  In the midst of that struggle, we can forget where we came from, and what's gotten us here.

This Holy Day weekend is a reminder that in the midst of that maelstrom that is life, and even when surrounded by the things of this world that free will and hard work have gotten us, that we should not forget where we're from.  Or that we always have a way back home.



My Way Back (Songwriters: Neil Thrasher, Tony Martin)

Momma put a Bible in my glove box
And hot homemade apple pie on the passenger seat
She said you'll always be my baby
And she planted a kiss and a couple of tears on my cheek
Dad slipped me some travelin' cash
Threw a map with a highlighted route on the dash
And I realize, as I look back, that

They weren't just saying goodbye
They weren't just seeing me off
They were just making sure that I
Don't forget where I'm from
Go out there and do your family proud son
Momma loved and Daddy worked
And lived their lives just to make sure I know
My way back home

I can still smell Momma's kitchen
And feel every single prayer she says for me
I can point these wheels toward that sunset
Without a fear, without a doubt, Daddy says, "Go get that dream"
I left behind a pie-crumb trail
Just in case I get lost, fall flat, or fail
And if the wind should leave my sail

They weren't just saying goodbye
They weren't just seeing me off
They were just making sure that I
Don't forget where I'm from
Go out there and do your family proud son
Momma loved and Daddy worked
And lived their lives just to make sure I know
My way back

To that door that's always open
And that light that's always on
To the love that's always waiting
After being gone too long

They weren't just saying goodbye
They weren't just seeing me off
They were just making sure that I
Don't forget where I'm from
Go out there and do your family proud son
Momma loved and Daddy worked
And gave their lives just to make sure I know
I always know, I always know
My way back home
My way back home

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