The House That Built Me

I know they say, "you can't go home again" I just had to come back one last time Meanwhile I knew, that you don't know me from Adam But these handprints on the front steps are mine Hope 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 lab 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 am 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 use From better homes and guardian magazines Plans were drawn on concrete boards, Nail by nail, and board by board Daddy gave life to mama's dreams I thought if I could touch this place or feel it This brokenness inside me might start healing Out here it's like am 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 did the best you can I'd got lost in this whole world if I got who I am I though if I could touch this place or feel it This brokenness inside me might start healing Out here it's like am 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 From the house that built me