He's a refugee from the highway Out there fighting for years Whether by God or by glory He's been traveling through his fears And he always feels that his next step Will surely set him free So be kind when he approaches 'Cause that rebel could be me
He doesn't know that the road's been dying Dying for so many years Traveling in his darkness He's been traveling through his fears And he left his home as a young one Left the young one in him behind Now his reasons for leaving Well I'll tell you my friend They're just a little hard to find
Chorus When the rebel comes home Please don't leave him alone, no, no Let him warm his soul on your shoulder You better touch this man who's been so much older When the rebel comes home Please don't leave him alone, no, no Let him warm his soul on your shoulder You better touch this man who's been so much older
He's been walking along the shores of deception Turned his back on it all But you know something must be wrong when you get that late night call I say maybe it was wild geese on the fly Or a mother calling her child That brought a tear to his lonely eye And called him back from the wild