Temporary Home

Album: Play On (2009)
Charted: 41
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  • Little boy, six years old
    A little too used to bein' alone
    Another new mom and dad, another school
    Another house that'll never be home
    When people ask him how he likes this place
    He looks up and says with a smile upon his face

    "This is my temporary home
    It's not where I belong
    Windows in rooms that I'm passin' through
    This is just a stop, on the way to where I'm going
    I'm not afraid because I know this is my
    Temporary home."

    Young mom on her own
    She needs a little help got nowhere to go
    She's lookin' for a job, lookin' for a way out
    'Cause a half-way house will never be a home
    At night she whispers to her baby girl
    Someday we'll find a place here in this world

    "This is our temporary home
    It's not where we belong
    Windows in rooms that we're passin' through
    This is just a stop, on the way to where we're going
    I'm not afraid because I know this is our
    Temporary Home."

    Old man, hospital bed
    The room is filled with people he loves
    And he whispers don't cry for me
    I'll see you all someday
    He looks up and says "I can see God's face"

    "This is my temporary Home
    It's not where I belong
    Windows in rooms that I'm passin' through
    This was just a stop, on the way to where I'm going
    I'm not afraid because I know this was
    My temporary home."

    This is our temporary home Writer/s: Carrie Underwood, Luke Laird, Zac Maloy
    Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Universal Music Publishing Group
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 1

  • Kaylen from Lagrange , InThis song reminds me alot of myself , and what ive been going through... i listen to it all the time
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