The House That Built Me

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 hand prints 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 myself
 If I could just come in, I swear I'll leave
 Won't take nothin' but a memory
 From the house that built me
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 Momma 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 momma'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 myself
 If I could just come in, I swear I'll leave
 Won't take nothin' but a memory
 From the house that built me
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 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, 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 nothin' but a memory
 From the house that built me