[Verse 1]
Salt on the wind
On my sleeve
I kept your name
In my teeth
Empty bus seats
Wet boots, cold hands
I been wandering
Through these lands
[Pre-Chorus]
But I feel it now
That pull again
Like a tide line
Calling in
One more mile
Then I’ll know
Where the deep blue
Starts to glow
[Chorus]
Run, run, river, carry me home to the ocean
The river and the road, take me home to the ocean
The friends in my life like stars in the sky, leave the lights on
I'm trying to get back home, Trance
I'm trying to get back home (back home)
[Verse 2]
Saw your red porch chair
By the fence
Summer rain on glass
Made no sense
Every wrong turn
Had your trace
In a rusted sign
In a stranger’s face
[Pre-Chorus]
Now the night leans close
And I lean too
All this distance
Breaking through
Hear that low note?
Hear that call?
I been lost long enough
I want it all
[Chorus]
Run, run, river, carry me home to the ocean
The river and the road, take me home to the ocean
The friends in my life like stars in the sky, leave the lights on
I'm trying to get back home, Trance
I'm trying to get back home (back home)
[Bridge]
If I arrive with mud on my shoes
If I arrive with nothing to lose
Still I’ll know your door
Still I’ll know your shore
[Final Chorus]
Run, run, river, carry me home to the ocean
The river and the road, take me home to the ocean
The friends in my life like stars in the sky, leave the lights on
I'm trying to get back home, Trance
I'm trying to get back home (back home)
Run, run, river, carry me home to the ocean