Back porch amen

Sun comes up on the bayou road

Dust on my boots and a heart too slow

Mama said, child, don’t carry that load

Lay it down where the river goes

Pecan trees in the heavy air

Old tin roof and a folding chair

I been lost, but I’m right here now

With a bent-knee prayer and a lifted brow

Oh, I feel that mercy rolling in

Like water on my skin

Oh, I hear that heaven on the wind

And I’m letting go again

Amen, amen

(amen)

Hold me up again

Amen, amen

(amen)

Wash me clean within

South wind blow

Let my troubles go

Amen, amen

I’m coming home

Friday night and the juke joint hum

But I found my peace where the saints come from

Back porch light and a screen door song

I been weak, but I kept on strong

Oh, I feel that mercy rolling in

Like water on my skin

Oh, I hear that heaven on the wind

And I’m letting go again

Amen, amen

(amen)

Hold me up again

Amen, amen

(amen)

Wash me clean within

South wind blow

Let my troubles go

Amen, amen

I’m coming home

If the devil comes round, let him find me kneeling

If the tears come down, let them keep on healing

From the pine woods out to the river bend

I was bound for grace, and I still am

Amen, amen

(amen)

Hold me up again

Amen, amen

(amen)

Wash me clean within

South wind blow

Let my troubles go

Amen, amen

I’m coming home

Home, home

I’m coming home

Amen, amen

I’m coming home [Verse 1]

Sun comes up on the bayou road

Dust on my boots and a heart too slow

Mama said, child, don’t carry that load

Lay it down where the river goes

Pecan trees in the heavy air

Old tin roof and a folding chair

I been lost, but I’m right here now

With a bent-knee prayer and a lifted brow

Oh, I feel that mercy rolling in

Like water on my skin

Oh, I hear that heaven on the wind

And I’m letting go again

Amen, amen

(amen)

Hold me up again

Amen, amen

(amen)

Wash me clean within

South wind blow

Let my troubles go

Amen, amen

I’m coming home

Friday night and the juke joint hum

But I found my peace where the saints come from

Back porch light and a screen door song

I been weak, but I kept on strong

Oh, I feel that mercy rolling in

Like water on my skin

Oh, I hear that heaven on the wind

And I’m letting go again

Amen, amen

(amen)

Hold me up again

Amen, amen

(amen)

Wash me clean within

South wind blow

Let my troubles go

Amen, amen

I’m coming home

If the devil comes round, let him find me kneeling

If the tears come down, let them keep on healing

From the pine woods out to the river bend

I was bound for grace, and I still am

Amen, amen

(amen)

Hold me up again

Amen, amen

(amen)

Wash me clean within

South wind blow

Let my troubles go

Amen, amen

I’m coming home

Home, home

I’m coming home

Amen, amen

I’m coming home