That could leadyou far away
Before you leave just figure out
Some place that you could stay
And if that place is comfy
Make sure you keep that sacred map
That led you to that town
Cause maps can work both ways, you know?
Just trace a backward line
Until you find you’ve traveled back
Through not just space, but time
A time when things seemed simpler
When you didn’t have to fear
When you didn’t have to worry
When you had not tasted beer
When you said you hated nap times
When you cuddled close and cried
When you hit your sister in the car
When the maps you drew were pirate maps
That led you through the yard
X marked the spot where you would dig
But use that map and travel
All its wand’ring, winding drives
Just remember which ones lead you back
Through, not just space, but time
And follow them occasionally
Come sit and laugh and stay
‘fore the map draws you away
A journey’s full of changes
And lives are much the same
They switch and rearrange us
Till our past is just a name
Till we think that we are too old
Till we think that we are right
Till we think that we have figured out
Just how to win the fight
And we forget the road that led which way
WE forget the lines we lost
WE forget the map can show us which
Crossroads we had crossed
We forget that comfy corner
Where we had settled down
We forget the lights and streets and signs
So use that small gift wisely
And sometimes use its lines
To help you take a journey back
Through not just space but time
Where you can find your bearings
And tell us where you’ve been
And we can smile and laugh and play
Then send you through that rough terrain
With new tires and a spare
And all our love and wishes
With all our deepest prayers
And you can use that map again
To that place where you had settled down
That place you called your own
And, my map can always lead you
If you follow all its lines
Ever onward, ever forward through
