Home For the Holidays (feat. Gavin DeGraw) - Anthony Hamilton

I'll be home for the holidays Thinking I'd stay away, oh no I can't wait to see your smiling face Baby I'm on the way, hold on We been together for a while now And there is nothing more important Than being with you I'll be home for the holidays Thinking I'd stay away, oh no I can't wait to see your smiling face Baby I'm on my way, so hold on We've made the most of not much at all Survived on our faith and our love, oh oh Look at our families, so beautiful And I just can't wait to get home I'll be home for the holidays Thinking I'd stay away, oh no I can't wait to see your smiling face Baby I'm on my way, so hold on I'll never leave you for long You are the beat of my heart Baby hold on, we have memories of our love, love I'll be home for the holidays Thinking I'd stay away, oh no I can't wait to see your smiling face Baby I'm on my way, so hold on I'll be home for the holidays Thinking I'd stay away, oh no I can't wait to see your smiling face Baby I'm on my way, so hold on

Bring us in, Matt Kirstie! All right, Mitch Come on, Kevin Hey! Oh, there's no place like home for the holidays 'Cause no matter how far away you roam When you pine for the sunshine of a friendly gaze For the holidays, you can't beat home, sweet home I met a man who lives in Tennessee And he was headed for Pennsylvania And some homemade pumpkin pie From Pennsylvania, folks are traveling down To Dixie's sunny shore From Atlantic to Pacific Gee, the traffic is terrific Oh, there's no place like home for the holidays 'Cause no matter how far away you roam If you want to be happy in a million ways For the holidays, you can't beat home sweet home, hey! All right, now If you want to be happy in a million ways For the holidays, you can't beat home, sweet home For the holidays, you can't beat home, sweet home Come on! Hey! Merry Christmas, y'all

Oh, there's no place like home for the holidays 'Cause no matter how far away you roam When you pine for the sunshine of a friendly gaze For the holidays, you can't beat home, sweet home I met a man who lives in Tennessee He was headin' for Pennsylvania and some home made pumpkin pie Pennsylvania, folks are travelin' Down to Dixie's sunny shore From Atlantic to Pacific Gee, the traffic is terrific Oh, there's no place like home for the holidays 'Cause no matter how far away you roam If you want to be happy in a million ways For the holidays You can't beat home, sweet home Take a bus, take a train Go and hop an aeroplane Put the wife and kiddies in the family car For the pleasure you bring When you make that doorbell ring No trip could be too far I met a man who lives in Tennessee He was headin'for Pennsylvania and some home made pumpkin pie From Pennsylvania, folks are travelin' Down to Dixie's sunny shore From Atlantic to Pacific Gee, the traffic is terrific Oh, there's no place like home for the holidays 'Cause no matter how far away you roam If you want to be happy in a million ways For the holidays You can't beat home, sweet home For the holidays You can't beat home, sweet home

In chapter one, I was raised on the Dodgers Every boy wants to be like his father In Little League, when he was coachin' me I was hangin' on every word Sundays, he's the one who would lead us Taught me everything I know about Jesus Front row, he's on a roll And I'm hangin' on every word It sounds nice, doesn't it? I wish that I knew back then There's no perfect life, you can't hold back time But you hold on tight, hopin' you might find Every page you turn is a lesson learned Ain't we all, ain't we all just tryna get it right? These are the chapters of my life, mmm Phase two, overwhelmed by attention Everybody expectin' perfection Throw a ball, then you'll have it all Best thing I ever heard Things change in the blink of an eyelid Guess my body knew way more than I did Doc said you'll never play again Worst thing I ever heard It's sounds rough, doesn't it? I wish that I knew back then There's no perfect life, you can't hold back time But you hold on tight, hopin' you might find Every page you turn is a lesson learned Ain't we all, ain't we all just tryna get it right? These are the chapters of my life The chapters of my life Truth is that we all got stories Gotta fail on your way to glory Takes time tryna get it right But every future has a past Right now, I can hear God laughin' Guess he must have heard my plans And my odes, thought it was a joke Gave me more than I could ask And I wish I knew back then, oh There's no perfect life, you can't hold back time (hold back time) But you hold on tight, hopin' you might find (but you hold on tight) Every page you turn is a lesson learned (every page you turn is a lesson learned) Ain't we all, ain't we all just tryna get it right? These are the chapters of my life (ooh) Chapters of my life (ooh) Ooh, oh Chapters of my life (ooh) Hmm, yeah Mmm-mmm

I am tired of the waiting I can hear the record playing But no music, just the needle Heaven knows just how I feel Cry, try, and try Try, try, and try Try to face the river I cannot cross That's only you and I All the praying, all the bleeding On my bended knee, heart bleeding We'll get past this, we'll pull through it Wild horses couldn't do Try, try, and try Try, try, yeah, and try Try to face the river I cannot cross That's only you and I And all the time I gave love I never got the same love Looking for signs, throw a line You were, oh, you were mine Try, try, and try Try, try, Lord I, I try Try to face the river I cannot cross That's only you and I, yeah Try to face the river I cannot cross That's only you and I

Home for the holidays again I can't believe it's been another year Did you ever write that book? Did you ever make it out of here? I put my jacket on The one I always used to wear In your family's garage Before you cut your hair Is it me or was there something that I should have told you? I walk this old familiar streets It makes me wanna hold you I pass the corner and the cinema we used to go to It feels like nothing's changed Home for the holidays again I can't believe it's been another year Did you ever write that book? Did you ever make it out of here? I call your parents house to see If you're in town I guess it's just that time of year You're on my mind Let's meet up for a drink On the old park bench In the place we almost kissed Where we hid our cigarettes Is it me or was there something that I never told you? I walk this old familiar streets It makes me wanna hold you I pass the corner and the cinema we used to go to I wonder if you've changed? Home for the holidays again I can't believe it's been another year Did you ever write that book? Did you ever make it out of here? I call your parents house to see If you're in town I guess it's just that time of year You're on my mind Is there something real or is it just this time of year Is it me or was there something that I never told you It feels like nothing's changed

Could it be your nice silky tone Ohh that makes me want you girl Distant nights spent love on the phone As I touch myself, how I want you more The mood evokes, incense smoke and I'm burning up in temperature ready to explode Come take a toke let's float baby on higher ground Baby come float with me Let me take you to a place on higher, honey Baby come float with me Face to face build a body of fire, honey Could it be your sweet sweet moan While I'm inside your world, your world A sudden glance that you give from across the room Come and take control, yeah Open up my favorite bottle, let the wind blow Create an atmosphere, stay right here Listen to the rain, your handprints on the window pane And its burning me up with the desire ohh When I think about it I don't want to be without it Baby grab a hold feel me in your soul Forever more climb on You belong to me Baby come float with me Let me take you to a place on higher, honey Baby come float with me Face to face build a body of fire, honey Baby come float with me Let me take you to a place on higher, honey Baby come float with me Face to face build a body of fire, honey Baby come float with me Let me take you to a place on higher, honey Baby come float with me Face to face build a body of fire, honey Baby come float with me Let me take you to a place on higher, honey Baby come float with me Face to face build a body of fire, honey

My old lady's on the other side of town with her ex boyfriend Drinking again, drinking again So you choose to lose someone who loves you and a real good friend For a bottle of gin, a bottle of sin You picked a fine time to leave me Lucille Now I'm sitting at the top of the hill Now my heart is broken and I'm all alone and I don't know what to feel Since you been gone, gone away I overheard somebody say they saw you crying in a bar last night With a blackened eye, a blackened eye I know mistakes I made but it's time For another that will treat you right, treat you right You picked a fine time to leave me Lucille Now I'm sitting at the top of the hill Now my heart is broken and I'm all alone and don't know what to feel Since you been gone, gone away You picked a fine time to leave me Lucille Now I'm sitting at the top of the hill Now my heart is broken and I'm all alone and don't know what to feel Since you been gone, gone away Gone away Used to love me now you want to leave me Right when I told you I love you Don't think you ever believe me when I said Used to love me now you want to run away Right when I told you I love you Don't think you ever believe me when I said Ooh, I love you Ooh, I love you I love you You were my baby You were my love, sugar darling I know he didn't love you, the way I did Baby, oh, yeah, oh, I love you Don't you know I cared? Don't you know I love you? And I always want to be there Oh, you know I love you, yeah You know I love you, baby And you know he really didn't care about you I never woulda have hit you baby, no, no Said, I never woulda have hit you, baby Oh, no, haw Oh, no, haw Ooh-ooh-ooh You know I loved you, you know I loved you And I, I really did care about you, baby Oh, you know I loved you You know I loved you, baby How could he hit you, baby? And you still stick around How could he hit you, baby?

Said it's alright Whoa-oh Whoa-oh-oh Yeah, yeah, yeah, ooh We have seen some things in our lives We've had some long and solemn roads That's how I know it's alright to cry Go on and ease the heavy load Pray hard, walk tall, do right Find love, hold on for life Lord, I know that you are there I feel a burnin' in my bones Free us from the lion's den And take us home Everybody needs love in their life (oh, oh, oh, oh) Everybody needs a little sun to shine (everybody needs a little sun in their life) Go on let love come inside your life (whoa-whoa, whoa-whoa) Shine down (shine down) on me, on me (hm) The Shepherd and His angels guard our life Go on, joy comes early morn' The ways of the man will sure subside Pain, walk away 'cause here come love Smiling, faithful, alright (alright, alright, alright) Find love, hold on for life Lord, I know that you are there I feel a burnin' in my bones Free us from this lion's den And take us home Everybody needs love in their life (everybody needs love in their life) Everybody needs a little sun to shine (shine on, shine down on me) Go on let love come inside your life (yeah) Shine down on me, on me (hm) Whoa-ho, whoa-ho, oh-oh, oh Lord, rain down on me, and let your joy ease my pain Take me from this lion's den and let me smile again, yeah Everybody needs love in their life (everybody needs love) Everybody needs a little sun to shine (shine down on me) Go on let love come inside your life (go on) Shine down (shine down) on me (on me), on me (whoa-oh-oh-oh-oh) Everybody needs love in their life (need love) Everybody needs a little sun to shine (everybody) Go on let love come inside your life (yeah, yeah) Shine down on me, on me (on me, yeah)

It will make you hurt somebody It will make you walk the line of love and hate It will make you up and lose it It will make you feel the shame of just too late I'm hiding this sorrow with my head to the pillow (pillow) Can't breathe 'cause the pain's so deep I'm thinking 'bout you in the arms of another (pillow) Got me sweating and I just can't sleep (In this pillow) is where I bury secrets, yeah (Pillow) oh It will make you hurt somebody It will make you walk the line of love and hate It will make you up and lose it It will make you feel the shame of just too late Now you're pregnant with his baby (pillow) Heard you're 'bout to get married God knows it should've been me And I was sleeping with that woman (pillow) And them lies caught up on me He was there when you're trembling (In this pillow) is where I bury secrets, yeah (Pillow) oh, oh-mm It will make you hurt somebody It will make you walk the line of love and hate It will make you up and lose it (lose it, yeah) It will make you feel the shame of just too late (Love will make you hurt somebody) Love will make you wanna do things, yeah (Love will make you hurt somebody) Sometimes I have to settle down and think about (Let's go out and hurt somebody) oh, mmm (Hurt somebody) oh-oh It will make you hurt somebody (oh, yes it will, yeah) It will make you up and lose it (make you lose your mind, yeah) oh Yeah (oh, yes it will, yeah)