Carrie Newcomer - There and Back Lyrics

There and back I have traveledHere and there I have walkedAnd I have found more beauty than I'd ever had thoughtBut I still dream often of that place I knowDeeper in my bones than most places ever go.I can see home shining like a silver starLike paradise calling me from oh so farWhen I shade my eyes I can just make it outA long dirt road, a faithful dog, and an old white houseI have survived the bustle, but I still like the lightsI have stared up in wonder at countless shining nightsBut no matter where I go, I find there I amThe same old stranger in an even stranger landI can see home shining like a silver starLike paradise calling me from oh so farWhen I shade my eyes I can just make it outA long dirt road, a faithful dog, and an old white houseOften have hungered for the way you feelAnd the smell of summer thunder and the quiet winter fieldsI have walked with madness and lay down with liesAnd learned how to stand, but better yet how to fly.I can see home shining like a silver starLike paradise calling me from oh so farWhen I shade my eyes I can just make it outA long dirt road, a faithful dog, and an old white houseYesterdays are many and tomorrow's filled with doubtAnd still I don't know what this whole darn thing is aboutBut you what you are and it's better to find out.What it is that you love most of all.I have loved so many things in this great wide worldAnd the simple sounds of home are the sweetest things I've heardFor right here the means are humble but hearts are proudAnd don't mind standing up and saying right out loudI can see home shining like a silver starLike paradise calling me from oh so farWhen I shade my eyes I can just make it outA long dirt road, a faithful dog, and an old white house