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[00:11.84]Last night I dreamed that I was a child
[00:21.66]Out where the pines grow wild and tall
[00:31.62]I was trying to make it home through the forest
[00:41.36]Before the darkness falls
[00:51.06]I heard the wind rustling through the trees
[01:01.46]And ghostly voices rose from the fields
[01:11.01]I ran with my heart pounding down that broken path
[01:21.93]With the devil snappin' at my heels
[01:31.31]I broke through the trees and there in the night
[01:41.54]My father's house stood shining hard and bright
[01:51.47]The branches and brambles tore my clothes and scratched my arms
[02:01.29]But I ran till I fell shaking in his arms
[02:52.02]I awoke and I imagined the hard things that pulled us apart
[03:02.37]Will never again, sir, tear us from each other's hearts
[03:13.68]I got dressed and to that house, I did ride
[03:22.94]From out on the road I could see its windows shining in light
[03:33.24]I walked up the steps and stood on the porch
[03:43.43]A woman I didn't recognize came and spoke to me through a chained door
[03:53.43]I told her my story and who I'd come for
[04:03.03]She said "I'm sorry, son, but no one by that name lives here anymore"
[04:13.31]My father's house shines hard and bright
[04:23.45]It stands like a beacon calling me in the night
[04:33.95]Calling and calling so cold and alone
[04:43.31]Shining 'cross this dark highway where our sins lie unatoned