Mamma's tears fell so easy   Daddy's handshake was strong   Then I climbed aboard that Greyhound   Eighteen and glad to be gone      Took a rented room on broadway   As I unpacked everything I owed   I found a note my mamma left me   With a Bible and a bus ticket home (It said)      One will get you where you're going   When you haven't got a prayer   And one will bring you back son   If you're dreams ain't waiting there   You're out on your own now   We won't be there to fall back on   But you know we're never farther   Than a Bible and a bus ticket home.      The years have come and gone and taken   The only things in life I ever counted on   But I'm going back tomorrow   To lay flowers on their stone.      I can almost hear my mamma calling   Saying son come back where you belong   You've got all you need to get here   A Bible and a bus ticket home      One will get you where you're going   When you haven't got a prayer   And one will bring you back son   If you're dreams ain't waiting there   You're out on your own now   We won't be there to fall back on   But you know we're never farther   Than a Bible and a bus ticket home.