Momma´s tears fell so easy Daddy´s handshake was strong Them I climbed aboard that Greyhound Eighteen and glad to be gone
Took a rented room on Broadway As I unpacked everything I owned I found a note my momma left me With a Bible and a bus ticket home ( It said )
Chorus : One will get you where you´re going When you haven´t got a prayer And one will bring you back son If your dreams ain´t waiting there You´re out on your own now We won´t be there to fall back on But you know we´re never father Than a Bible and a bus ticket home.
The years have come and gone and taken The only thing in life I ever counted on But I´m going back tomorrow To lay flowers at their stone.
I can almost hear my momma calling Saying son come back where you belong You´ve got all you need to get there A Bible and a bus ticket home