OldTroubador's blog post - Setting My GPS Back to You

For the last five weeks, I’ve been running hard
Factory to warehouse, truck stop to yard
Chasing sunrises and sunsets, dodging snow, ice, and rain
Running highways and backroads, side streets and Main
Less than a week to go as I hit the road
Trying to deliver one last load
Then finally I set my GPS back to you

Countless days without you by my side
Without you here, it’s been a lonely ride
Another thousand miles and my six weeks are done
Seems like forever and a week that I’ve been gone
A few more miles of these big wheels spinning
And you should see how big this old boy is grinning
As I’m following my GPS back to you.

Six days of seeing your loving smiles
Six days of forgetting those hard driven miles
Six days of kissing your lovely face
Six days of relaxing in our home place
That’s why I can’t wait to set my GPS back to you.

On the seventh morning, round about three
I kiss you good-bye, hit that starter key
Chasing sunrises and sunsets, dodging snow, ice, and rain
Running highways and backroads, side streets and Main
Six more weeks of hauling the freight
You better believe I just can’t wait
Until it’s time for setting my GPS back to you

Six days of seeing your loving smiles
Six days of forgetting those hard driven miles
Six days of kissing your lovely face
Six days of relaxing in our home place
That’s why I can’t wait to set my GPS back to you.

For forty years I’ve been pushing my luck
Delivering the goods, driving this truck
Regretting the times you have needed me while I’ve been away
Painfully remembering each missed anniversary and holiday
And it’s one last time I’m hitting the road
One last time I’ll be dragging a load
And one last time I’m setting my GPS back to you

Then it’s
A lifetime of seeing your loving smiles
A lifetime of forgetting those hard driven miles
A lifetime of kissing your lovely face
A lifetime of relaxing in our home place
And a lifetime of never having to set my GPS back to you