"Backbone (The Desert Child)" lyrics

Well, they call me the desert child
I was born out in the wild
Ain't never been lost to the Southern Cross
With a heart that runs a mile
While the train it waits arrival
I'd learn to read the Bible
I remembered every word just to sing like a bird
And to whistle on down the line

Oh my backbone, take me back home
Wherever you are, tell 'em my star
Will leave the light on
Oh my backbone, harder than stone
I'mma go east, I'mma go west, I'mma come home

Well, the only road to find her
From the tread underneath the tire
If the fox didn't howl, it'd save us now
From the bid from highest buyer
And our hair it grew like fire
Like Samson and Delilah
But the rust wouldn't hurt from the dust and dirt
That we used to barb the wire

Oh my backbone, take me back home
Wherever you are, tell 'em my star
Will leave the light on
Oh my backbone, harder than stone
I'mma go east, I'mma go west, I'mma come home

At night, the words were spoken
Will the circle be unbroken?
And the voice went higher from the family choir
And the moon it played in time
And the boxcar disappeared
With a wave from the engineer
And I always came back for the coin on the track
'Cause it made me a millionaire

Oh my backbone, take me back home
Wherever you are, tell 'em my star
Will leave the light on
Oh my backbone, harder than stone
I'mma go east, I'mma go west, I'mma come home
I'mma go east, I'mma go west, I'mma come home

Well, they call me the desert child
I was born out in the wild
Ain't never been lost to the Southern Cross
With a heart that runs a mile