Desert Father

There's a time in our lives 
  To return, sacrifice 
  Wild grass has grown high 
  On the path between our lives 
  There's a light in the trees 
  It's closer now, I'm on my knees 
  Oh Father, forgive me, please 

  I came a long, long way back home 
  To see you one more time 
  'Cause I came a long, long way back home 
  To see you and say Goodbye 

  Father's hands work the ground 
  Turns the soil, lays it down 
  Everything done and said 
  Lives beyond the quick and the dead 
  Heritage passed along 
  To the sons like a blessed song 
  So raise your voices on high tonight 

  We came a long, long way back home 
  To see you one more time 
  'Cause we came a long, long way back home 
  To see you and say Goodbye 
  To hold you and say Goodbye, 
  Goodbye