I Still Know That Road

Memory isn't home
I still know that road

Miller's field is houses now
The barn came down last spring
Mama sold the farmhouse
Left me one last key
I drove the long way to the gate
Slowed where we carved that pine
You were waiting by the mailbox
With our picture in a frame

I still know that road, though I let go
Still know
I know every bend where maples grow
We moved on beyond the county line
I still know that road; it isn't mine

The bypass carried me for years
Your church bell found me still
I kept the photograph upstairs
Not the promise on that hill
You handed me your mama's key
I set the picture in your hands
Some good things deserve a frame
Not another second chance

I still know that road, though I let go
Still know
I know every bend where maples grow
We moved on beyond the county line
I still know that road; it isn't mine

I kept choosing the long way
I kept choosing the new
Old road under my tires
New road carried me through
Knowing isn't asking
Memory isn't home
We can bless what brought us here
Without going back alone

I still know that road, and I let go
Let it go
I know every bend where maples grow
We moved on beyond the county line
I still know that road; it isn't mine

Memory isn't home
Memory isn't home
Take the bypass
I'll take the gate
We still know that road