[Verse 1]
Riding my life like a runaway train
Moving from one track to that
Howling, crying
Screaming at the moon
Only my voice came back
Only the echo came back
When I was a boy
Daddy told me, "Grow tall
Yes, and, Billy, don't crawl"
Taught me how to ride
Set me out on my own
And I never came back

[Pre-Chorus]
And, yes, I'd do it again
Oh, wouldn't you?
Yeah, I'd do it again
Uh-huh, oh yeah
Do it again, baby
Wouldn't you?

[Chorus]
Remember when I lied
Just when you needed me?
Now I sit alone and cry
'Cause now I believe in mercy
Remember when I lied
Just when you needed me, baby?
I believe in mercy
[Verse 2]
Riding, walking, looking so cool
Guess I crossed over the borderline
Treated like a dunce who just can't read
Did I fool me, too?

[Pre-Chorus]
And, yes, I'd do it again
Oh, wouldn't you?
Yes, I'd do it again
Uh-huh, yeah, I'd do it again, baby
Wouldn't you?

[Chorus]
Remember when I lied
Just when you needed me?
Now I sit alone and cry
'Cause now I believe in mercy
Remember when I lied
Now that you
Needed me?
Yes, I believe in mercy

[Verse 3]
I said, "Come here
Look into my face
And hear into my heart
Hesitation could rearrange
The other side to your love
Take hold now, baby, aw
And take what other lovers have not
Times is changing, will they rearrange
The other side to your love?”
[Bridge]
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, yeah
Woo
Come home
Here he is, impatient one
Come home, come home
Tell the story

[Outro]
Come home
Here he is, the impatient one
Come home
To claim a glory
Prodigal son
Come home
Prodigal bum
Come home
Prodigal son
Prodigal son
Come home to claim a glory
Prodigal son
Come home
Oh, prodigal bum
Here he comes
Yeah, that prodigal son
Ooh, he's the one
To tell his story
C'mon, to tell his story
C'mon, tell his story
C'mon, to claim your glory
Prodigal son
Baby, when I lie