Lyrics
Verse 1
I left my coffee cooling by the courthouse squareFor a glass tower office and a rented seventh-floor chairPhone kept ringing like it knew my nameEvery hour borrowed, every mile the same
Pre‑Chorus
But I kept one old key on a chain by my sideTo a little white house where the creek runs wide
Chorus
I'm escaping back home, back where the porch boards know my feetWhere the kitchen clock is slow and the air tastes sweetLet the highways chase somebody else tonightI've had enough of running just to stay in sightI'm trading crowded elevators for a two-lane roadAnd laying down this city like a heavy loadYeah, if you need me, honey, leave a message by the stoneI'm escaping back home
Verse 2
I packed three dresses and my father's flannel shirtLeft a downtown rent notice folded in the dirtPassed the last gas station, watched the skyline disappearFound my shoulders dropping with every county line I cleared
Pre‑Chorus
There's a screen door singing in the evening breezeAnd a jar of blackberry jam waiting on me
Chorus
I'm escaping back home, back where the porch boards know my feetWhere the kitchen clock is slow and the air tastes sweetLet the highways chase somebody else tonightI've had enough of running just to stay in sightI'm trading crowded elevators for a two-lane roadAnd laying down this city like a heavy loadYeah, if you need me, honey, leave a message by the stoneI'm escaping back home
Bridge
Maybe peace ain't something you can buy downtownMaybe it's your mother's voice when the sun goes downMaybe it's a dog at the garden gateAnd a heart that finally learns it can wait
Final Chorus
I'm escaping back home, back where the porch boards know my feetWhere the kitchen clock is slow and the air tastes sweetLet the highways chase somebody else tonightI've had enough of running just to stay in sightI'm trading crowded elevators for a two-lane roadAnd laying down this city like a heavy loadIf you need me, honey, come on down the county roadI'm escaping back homeYeah, I'm escaping back home
Outro
Back home, where the porch light's onBack home, where I belong