slouching towards Bethlehem

[ragamuffinme]

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
i'm counting my way back to heaven

i can't be free with what's locked inside of me
if there was a key, you took it in your hand
there's no wrong and right,
but i'm sure there's good and bad
the questions linger overhead

no matter how cold the winter,
there's a springtime 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 a rope, thinking that's what held me back
and in time i've realized,
it's now wrapped around my neck

i can't see what's next from this lonely overpass
i hang my head and count my steps
as another car goes past
oh, the rusted signs we ignore throughout our life
choosing the shiny ones instead
i turned my back, now there's no turning back
no matter how cold the winter, there's a springtime ahead
i smile, but who am i kidding?
i'm just walking the miles
every once in awhile i get a ride
thumbing my way back to heaven

--eddie vedder