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by Brian Skoog

i’m headed off to start my life

i drove all day and half the night

i’ve made it,    why do i feel so damn alone

a brand new city, a brand new start

a brand new aching in my heart

i wanna turn around and go back home.

but as the tears pool in my eyes

a voice shouts out from deep inside

it says man, just keep holding on

because

home is not the bed you sleep in

its not the company you’re keeping

its the love in your heart that keeps you safe and dry

my good friend billy got it right

when he said “everything’ll be all right”

you’re my home and that’ll never change

I cried myself to sleep last night

for the first time in my life

not ‘cause life’s bad but because i am so blessed

i have a perfect mom and dad

the best girl a boyfriend ever had

and a little dog to keep me warm at night

WHY DOES TIME PASS SO EASILY?

WITHOUT WARNING IT COMES AND GOES

SECONDS TICK BY UNCEASINGLY

NOT CARING ABOUT ANYONE

NOT CARING ABOUT ANYTHING

NOT CARING THAT THEY ARE PULLING ME AWAY

but

home is not the bed you sleep in

its not the company you’re keeping

its the love in your heart that keeps you safe and dry

my good friend billy got it right

when he said “everything’ll be all right”

you’re my home and that’ll never change

home can be the pennsylvania turnpike

indiana’s early morning dew

high up in this brand new town

700 miles away

home’s just another word for you