I'm coming from a long line of pain
My family suffered greatly for my gain

And I think a lot about
How my daddy died
So I would not live with it


And his heart lives in my song
And the melody comes

And just as quickly the melody is gone
I'm back alone, far from home


Now my mamma's all alone
I try to call her and see her when I'm home
And after all that she's been through

Oh the doctor say: "There ain't nothing we can do"

And her heart lives in my song

And the melody comes
And just as quickly the melody is gone
I'm back alone, far from home


There's a bird outside my window
Who takes the song where he goes

And leaves it there
Like a dead man's rocking chair


And tonight I'm feeling lost and
Headin' down the highway out to Boston
I get the sense I might lose it

I thank God tonight for the luck I got in music

'Cause my heart lives in this song

But the melody comes
And just as quickly, the melody is gone
I'm back alone, far from home