Houses of brick and of plaster and wood
I've known many
Street names and classrooms and hearts that are good
I've seen plenty
Old city skylines
The dirt roads of my life
Have shown me a world that is wide
But this is my constant
It's all that I've known
It's a place that I sometimes forget I can go
It's the kitchen sink daydreams
The cherry and oak
It's another goodbye and hello
It's my home
Boxes and big trucks have become
A kind of punctuation
Marking close hugs and heartbreak
And the growing pains of separation
New city skylines
The highways of my life
Have shown me more loss than I'd like
But this is my constant
It's all that I've known
It's a place that I sometimes forget I can go
It's the lonely blue nightmares
The cherry and oak
It's another goodbye and hello
It's my home
Sometimes I envy the people who stay
They keep all their memories in a little house
Or a little town by the way
It's a place they can go just in case
Their whole world crumbles under the weight
Of what's new
But I find that solace in you
You are my constant
You're all that I've known
And yours are the arms
That have pushed me to grow
Through the daydreams and nightmares
And memories I own
With you it is there that I go
To the place that's alive in our souls
To the roots of the cherry and oak
Yes there's always a way
We can go home