I know they say
you can't go
home again
I just had to come back
one last time
Ma'am I know
you don't know me
from Adam
But these handprints
on the front steps
are mine
Up those stairs
in that little
back bedroom
Is where I did
my homework
and I learned
to play guitar
And I bet
you didn't know
Under that live oak
My favourite dog
is buried in the yard
I thought if I could
touch this place
or feel it
This brokenness
inside me might start
healing
Out here it's like
I'm someone else
I thought that maybe
I could find my...self
If I could just come in
I swear I'll leave
Won't take nothing
but a memory
From the house that
built me
Mama cut out
pictures of houses
for years
From Better Homes
and Gardens magazine
Plans were drawn
and concrete poured
and nail by nail
and board by board
Daddy gave life
to mama's dream
I thought if I could
touch this place
or feel it
This brokenness
inside me might
start healing
Out here it's like
I'm someone else
I thought that maybe
I could find my...self
If I could just come in
I swear I'll leave
Won't take nothing
but a memory
From the house that
built me
You leave home
you move on
and you do the
best you can
I got lost
in this old world
and forgot
who I am...
I thought if I could
touch this place
or feel it
This brokenness
inside me might
start healing
Out here it's like
I'm someone else
I thought that maybe
I could find my...self
If I could
walk around
I swear I'll leave
Won't take nothing
but a memory
From the house that
built me