Missing My Roots

The wind hums like a lullaby
Through the pines beneath the sky
And I hear mama's voice in the breeze
Calling out so tenderly

Miles and miles of concrete and steel
But it's that red dirt I still feel
The smell of rain on an old porch swing
The way the church bell used to ring

I'm missing my roots, the place I was grown
That little white house I once called home
The creak of the stairs, the laugh in the halls
The echo of love in those weathered walls
I'm chasing dreams, but losing time
Wishin' this highway would unwind
Back to the place where I belong
I've been gone too long

Daddy's boots still stand by the door
Though he don't walk those floors no more
And I still see his shadow there
In the rocking chair, in the midnight air

City lights can't outshine
The stars I knew were always mine

I'm missing my roots, the place I was grown
That little white house I once called home
The creak of the stairs, the laugh in the halls
The echo of love in those weathered walls
I'm chasing dreams, but losing time
Wishin' this highway would unwind
Back to the place where I belong
I've been gone too long

Home ain't just a map or town
It's where my soul lays its burden down
It's firewood stacked in the fall
It's every childhood curtain call

I'm missing my roots, the place I was grown
That little white house I once called home
The creak of the stairs, the laugh in the halls
The echo of love in those weathered walls
I'm chasing dreams, but losing time
Wishin' this highway would unwind
Back to the place where I belong
I've been gone too long
I've been gone too long