House That Built Me (feat. Miranda Lambert)

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, well they're mine

And up those stairs in that little back bedroom

Is where I did my homework and learned to play guitar

And I bet you didn't know in the shade of that live oak

My best dog is buried in the yard

Thought if I could touch this place or feel it

The 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 and concrete poured

Nail by nail and board by board

Daddy gave life to Mama's dream

Thought if I could touch this place or feel it

The brokenness inside me might start healing

Out here it's like I'm someone else

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

And I got lost in this ol' world

And forgot just who I am

I thought if I could touch this place or feel it

The 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