The House That Built Me

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 hand prints on the front steps are mine

And 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 favorite dog is buried in the yard

Chorus 1
   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 Garden’ magazine
Plans were drawn, concrete poured and nail by nail and board by board
Daddy gave life to mama’s dream

Repeat Chorus 1

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

Chorus 2
   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