Welcome Home Balloons, Slightly Deflated

Lyrics

We landed at the airport in a borrowed rental car
Eleven months of touring and we barely made it far
Our drummer's mom was waiting with a banner and a cake
Four balloons from the dollar store, and one of them was fake

Everybody's hugging, everybody's loud
Security is staring at the whole damn crowd

Oh, welcome home, welcome home
Balloons a little low
Sing it out in the arrivals hall
Let the whole terminal know
We've got dirty clothes and empty hands
But our hearts are full of gold
Welcome home, welcome home
Never felt so loud and so bold

My sister held a sign that said the wrong guitar player's name
But I took it as a compliment, it's been that kind of game
A kid ran by with a stuffed giraffe, a pilot tipped his cap
We sang a verse of nothing in particular, and the whole place clapped

Everybody's hugging, everybody's loud
Security is smiling at the whole damn crowd

Oh, welcome home, welcome home
Balloons a little low
Sing it out in the arrivals hall
Let the whole terminal know
We've got dirty clothes and empty hands
But our hearts are full of gold
Welcome home, welcome home
Never felt so loud and so bold

Miles and miles and a thousand motel nights
Ten thousand dollars' worth of gas station lights
And here's the thing you can't buy or sell
Somebody's waiting, and they love you well

So we piled in the back of Mama's wagon, six of us and a drum
Singing off-key harmonies all the way to the home we come from
The balloons got squished against the glass, and one of them let go
And floated up against the roof, like a small and gentle show

Oh, welcome home, welcome home
Balloons a little low
Sing it out for the ones who wait
Let the whole wide highway know
We've got dirty clothes and empty hands
But our hearts are full of gold
Welcome home, welcome home
Never felt so loud and so bold

Welcome home, welcome home
Balloons a little low