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 1 me from Adam.
But these handprints on the front steps are mine.
And up those stairs, in that little 2 bedroom
is where I did my homework and I learned to play guitar.
And I bet you didn’t know 3 that live oak
my favorite dog is buried in the yard.

I thought if I could 4 this place or feel it
this brokenness inside me might start 5 .
Out here its like I’m someone else,
I thought that maybe I could find myself
if I could 6 come in I swear I’ll leave.
Won’t take nothing but a memory
from the house 7 built me.

Mama cut out pictures of houses for years.
From ‘Better Homes and 8 magazines.
Plans were drawn, concrete poured,
and nail by nail and board by board
Daddy gave 9 to mama’s dream.

I thought if I could touch this place or feel it
this brokenness inside me might start healing.
Out here its like I’m someone else,
I thought that maybe I could find myself.
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 whole 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 its like I’m someone else,
I thought that maybe I could find myself.
If I could walk around I swear I’ll leave.
Won’t take nothing but a memory
from the house that built me.