Home for Christmas Again

[Verse 1] The bus rolls slow through Miller's Bend, the same old road, the same old snow. Ten winters gone since I saw that porch light burning gold across the drifts below. [Pre-Chorus] I traced these fields when I was young, swore I'd never turn around. Now the miles all lead me back to the only ground I know. [Chorus] I'm home for Christmas again, where the kettle sings and the pine still smells the same. Momma's got my chair pulled near the flame, and every mile I ran just spells my name. Lord, I'm home for Christmas again. [Verse 2] There's a candle in the window still, Daddy's boots beside the door. The snow can chill a wanderin' man but not the way it used to before. [Pre-Chorus] I left with pride and empty hands, came back with nothing more than years. But the coffee's hot, the clock ticks slow, and no one asks me where I've been. [Chorus] I'm home for Christmas again, where the kettle sings and the pine still smells the same. Momma's got my chair pulled near the flame, and every mile I ran just spells my name. Lord, I'm home for Christmas again. [Bridge] Some chairs are empty now, one place I'll never fill, but Grandma's quilt still warms the room, and love outlasts the hill. [Outro] So let the snow fall high tonight, let the fire burn down to red. I'm right where every road was pointing— home for Christmas at last, it said.