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
I bet you didn't
know under that
live oak
My favorite 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 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
Mama cut out pictures
of houses for years
From Better Homes
and Gardens magazine
Plans were drawn
and concrete poured
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 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 and
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 myself
If I could
walk around
I swear I'll leave
Won't take nothing
but a memory
From the house
that built me