Lyrics

Verse:
Back in Helena, Montana, Cody cries for me
'Cause I'm headed home to face another lonesome week
His arms reached out to hold me as his mom pulled him inside
One more Sunday evening heartache and another sad goodbye

Verse:
I've got eight short days a month to teach him all I can
To throw a curve, bait a hook, and be an honest man
Never thought being a dad would be an uphill fight
But I'll climb the highest mountain before I'll miss his life

Chorus:
I'll go to Helena and back again
To hold my son the way I did back then
Never knew what lonely was until I'd been
To Helena and back again

Verse:
Like these miles of endless prairie I'm empty without him
I was the center of his life, now I'm outside looking in
So next Friday when I pick him up, I'll cherish every minute
'Cause I can't bear the thought of a world without him in it

Chorus:
So I'll go to Helena and back again
To hold my son the way I did back then
Never knew what lonely was until I'd been
To Helena and back again

Bridge:
If I had just been smarter
Tried a little harder
We might have worked things through
Thought less about myself
Put pride up on a shelf
But now all I can do, is...

Verse:
Go to Helena and back again
To hold my son the way I did back then
Never knew what lonely was until I'd been
To Helena and back again