The House That Built Me lyrics

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