I know they say you cant 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.
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.


I thought if i could touch this place or feel it
This brokenness inside me might start healing.
Out here its 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` magazines.
Plans were drawn 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 its 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 you move on and you do the best you can.
I got lost in this whole 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 its 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.