Find Your Way Back

Jefferson Starship

You know it's been a long long road
Since I packed up and left on my own
And I can carry a heavy load
Just try 'n' get back to her heart

I sure ain't got no home
I seem to find love where I ramble
And when it's time to go
I hear that voice again, say 'n'

[Chorus]
Find your way back
Find your way back to her heart
Find your way back
Find your way back to her heart

Leave a message with the rain
You can find me where the wind blows
The snow across the pain
And the frost upon the heart

You got no place to be
Still you wonder where you're goin'
And why I had to leave
I hear a voice and it says to me

Find your way back
Find your way back to her heart
Find your way back
Find your way back to her heart
To her heart, c'mon

I know it's too late now
But I wish I could go back in time
And start all over somehow
And get it right from the start

Find your way back
Find your way back to her heart
Find your way back
Find your way back to her heart

Find your way back (Find your way back) Find your way back
Find your way back (Find your way back) Find your way back
Find your way back (Find your way back) Find your way back
Find your way back (Find your way back) Find your way back


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Find Your Way Back Lyrics as written by Marty Balin

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  • +4
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    This is a song about the inevitable loss of everything valuable as a consequence of time/age and it combines the sacrifices made by someone who is free-spirited enough to bear more of a burden. In short, it is a great song about an older person who yearns for the things time has deprived him of. That is my interpretation anyway-I am older and this song represents how I feel often.

    russ357on May 06, 2013   Link
  • +2
    General Comment

    This is one of their best as "Jefferson Starship" as opposed the psychedlia trip themes they made in the '60's. Lovin it!

    Thia007on November 25, 2011   Link
  • +2
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    This was a bit of a hit, IIRC, when I was around 10, and not too long ago I wondered why I never hear this anymore. I heard it on Sirius/XM, and it got to me what a really good tune this is!

    force263on July 03, 2020   Link
  • +1
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    kinda like 'Fly By night ala Jefferson Starship

    triumph1012on June 21, 2010   Link

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