Don't you agree when they all say
"Home is where the heart is"?
But do you see

With every step that you take
You get further away
From where the heart is?


It's so easy to be blinded
And caught up, up in the clouds where everything's in a haze

Causing you to forget about the days
Of the common, simple, beautiful ways


CHORUS:
I remember all the times that I had spent with my friends
Taking BART to San Francisco just for 350 cents

Talking, laughing, joking, didn't quite know what was to come
Years of memories, irreplaceable fun
I remember telling mom that I'd make her proud one day

She would smile and knew exactly all the right things to say
Man, I miss her and can't wait 'til I get back to the Bay
Back to the common, simple, beautiful ways


Isn't it nice
To simply know

There's somewhere you can go back to?
So it's a big sacrifice
Everytime that you decide

You can't even if you want to

It's so easy to be blinded

And caught up, up in the clouds where everything's in a haze
Causing you to forget about the days
Of the common, simple, beautiful ways


CHORUS


So even though
I am happy now
I'll never forget where I'm from and how I came to be

What was common, ended up to be
A very unique treasure I have now decided to keep


I remember all the times that I had spent with my friends
Taking BART to San Francisco just for 350 cents
Talking, laughing, joking, didn't quite know what was to come

Years of memories, irreplaceable fun
I remember telling mom that I'd make her proud one day
She would smile and knew exactly all the right things to say

Man, I miss her and can't wait 'til I get back to the Bay...

I remember all the times that I had spent with my friends

Taking BART to San Francisco just for 350 cents
Talking, laughing, joking, didn't quite know what was to come
Years of memories, irreplaceable fun

I remember telling mom that I'd make her proud one day
She would smile and knew exactly all the right things to say
Man, I miss her and can't wait 'til I get back to the Bay, to the Bay

To the common, simple, beautiful ways