Redemption (Album Version)

Written by

Marty Stuart

Sometimes the only thing to do is turn around and go back home

When every way there is to turn has vanished and is gone

I've used up every trick that

I had hidden up my sleeve

Think it's time

I reconcile with what

I had to leave

In a little country graveyard, in the middle of the night

I'm kneeling by the memory of the one who gave me life

She always knew me better than

I'll ever know myself

I keep hearing her and

Jesus say"Surrender son and rest"

Redemption, like the moon tonight, hangs pretty, soft and low

And how it's been up until now don't matter anymore

In the middle of this darkness,

I see a light that shines

Like a beacon of forgiveness saying"Pilgrim, all is fine"

There's one more journey left for me, that's all that's left to do

And in the dirt he wrote a simple note that said,"momma I love you"