Holding On To Home

Endearing though to me

Many a man as tried to flee

The sordid corners of this putrid penitentiary

Oh are you here with me

Are you here with me or

Am I dreaming of your shackles

Loudly dragging through the hallways of my reverie

Oh are you here with me

And are you here with me

Farther than a lunar axis

As far as I know outer space is

Innovation never takes us

As far as we can be

What is left for me

Dimmer than a summer solstice

North of any blooming roses

Melted water open faces

Below the winter freeze

The cold paralyzes me

I'm holding on to home

I'm holding on to

Thumbs up for the next ride in

I'll go where fuel carries it

I hope it's reaching gulu town

I'll meet my friends sometime around the bend

The kitchen smells of memories

And there beside the quarterlies

Are photos of my family but

Some of them are missing me

And I am missing them right back

I'm holding on to home

No I am holding on

Holding on to

There is nothing captivating in this road that we are roaming

I know every step to take

I know every creak the stairs will make

Holding on to home

Like it's as real as a stone

And if I told you you imagined it

Would it matter anymore

If you're with me

As long as you're with me

No I'm holding on to home

No I'm holding on to

No, I'm  holding on to home

No I'm holding on

I'm holding on to

No I'm holding on to home