They Call You Back

When the voices come up from nowhere
When the road gets impossible to ignore
When the history comes and it's haunting you
When no gun has ever stopped a war
When the silence has swallowed you whole
And the memories got you off track
When the heart gets so heavy you drop
They call you back

When the pages turn over the bad times
And the loneliness is too much to bear
When the news reels favorite color is red
And the reflections are there in your head
And some names are given their light
While other names fade into black
They call you back

They say it's a calling from the grave
Some say it's the gravity of love
It's like the summoning of ghosts
When there ain't no man above
It's like the tenderness of the rain
When the rain just ain't enough
So walk alone on that railroad track
They call you back

And the way I've gone about all this searchin'
From the valley down to old Mexico
Across that big borderland highway
Lost in that Rocky Mountain cold

Knockin' on doors and sleepin' on floors
While my kids they pick up the slack
Am I wasting a whole lifetime searchin'
For a light that's already black
Just to get this ol' story down
They call you back
Just to get this ol' story down
They call you back
They call you back
They called me back