Million Miles from Home

I was born a steel workers son

I ride the raids, daddy laid the track

Brother, there ain’t no going back

I fought the battles, never won the war

I was looking for the ladder, I was looking for the door

Man I was never going back

And I was blessed with these sins

They were handed down to me

Now I’m walking that lonesome road

A million miles from home

My sister married, she was just sixteen

Last I seen her smile she was a blushing bride to be

Daddy shed not a tear

Same moon shines from one year to the next

Grass is always greener just around the bend

Never looking back

I had a lover finer than a summer sun

Her lips were heaven, they were paradise on the run

How I loved that woman so

She slipped away running towards the night

I didn’t move, I just turned out the lights

She never looked back