Home Is Where The Hatred Is - Esther Phillips

I felt I was spinning my wheels Before too long the road was calling I packed everything I own So sure that I was leaving this small town life behind for good And not a single tear was falling It took leaving for me to understand Sometimes your dreams just aren't what life has planned Mama said home is where the heart is When I left that town I made it all the way to West Virginia And that's where my heart found Exactly where I'm supposed to be It didn't take much time It's just south of the Mason Dixon line It's just south of the Mason Dixon line I worked third shift at an all-night diner Only stayed to save a little money for Enough gas to make it to the East Coast That's when I saw the brightest pair of Deep blue eyes walking straight into my life And every night we talked 'til it became so clear And I could feel those dreams inside shifting gears 'Cause love brought me here Mama said home is where the heart is When I left that town I made it all the way to West Virginia And that's where my heart found Exactly where I'm supposed to be It didn't take much time It's just south of the Mason Dixon line It's just south of the Mason Dixon line And I'm standing in my veil about to say I do As mama smiles with tear drops in her eyes And then I realize there's something mama always knew Love is what I really left to find She said home is where the heart is When I left that town I made it all the way to West Virginia And that's where my heart found Exactly where I'm supposed to be It didn't take much time It's just south of the Mason Dixon line It's just south of the Mason Dixon line Mama said home is where the heart is It's just south of the Mason Dixon line Mama said home is where the heart is It's just south of the Mason Dixon line

You know, there's an old saying That's been around quite some time If I can remember it says, "You can take the boy out of the country But you sure can't take the country out of the boy" Now, I might be broke As a matter of fact, I am, ain't got a crying dime to my name But I got a good girl that sits close by my side That's what I'm tellin' y'all I could never be happy on a hill With a whole lot of money, girl It just don't feel like it did with you In a little old shack, girl Way down home across the railroad tracks Take me home (take me home) Sweet home (sweet home) That's where my heart is (that's where my heart is) Oh, I want to go home (sweet home) Sweet home (sweet home) That's where my heart is (that's where my heart is) Some folks groove on big Cadillacs Fancy clothes and stuff like that I was perfectly happy as I can be But she'd play, and my cheatin' way Take me home (take me home) Sweet home (sweet home) That's where my heart is (that's where my heart is) Oh, I want to go home (sweet home) Sweet home (sweet home) That's where my heart is (that's where my heart is) Yeah, yeah, yeah Ooh baby Might not never become a millionaire But long as I got you honey, I don't care I might be down and out, got holes in my shoes But I still feel as rich as Howard Hughes Take me home, huh, to me that says a whole lot No, I want to go home I wonder if you ever felt like that Felt like you was all by your self and had no one to talk to Have you ever felt like that? If you ever felt like that, that means you can say, yeah Say yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah Home, that's where my heart is (that's where my heart is) I can't get you in the back of my mind 'Cause that's where my heart is (that's where my heart is) Take me home, sweet home That's where my heart is (that's where my heart is) I've got to, I want to go home, baby That's where my heart is (that's where my heart is) Got to, got to, got to, oh I've gotta, gotta, gotta, gotta, gotta Wanna go home, oh baby

We should've lit a book of matches Should've burned it down to dirt Left forever in the ashes with those rings that didn't work Now the teardrops in the carpet and fiction in the frames Just sit there on that cul-de-sac like a monument to pain Home is where the heartbreak is Where do you go when all that you know Has slipped right through your fingertips? Love found somewhere else to live It took what we had, it ain't comin' back Now home is where the heartbreak is There's a roof over this barstool, comfort in this glass When they kick me out, it's gonna hurt to feel the past And that empty bedroom where we made love Is still haunted by all the ghosts of us And I can't face it now, I just can't face it now Home is where the heartbreak is Where do you go when all that you know Has slipped right through your fingertips? Love found somewhere else to live It took what we had, it ain't comin' back Now home is where the heartbreak is (Heartbreak, heartbreak is Heartbreak, heartbreak is Heartbreak, heartbreak is) Oh, sadness ain't much of an address It's all that you left me with Instead of a goodbye kiss Home is where the heartbreak is Where do you go when all that you know Has slipped right through your fingertips? Love found somewhere else to live It took what we had, it ain't comin' back Now home is where the heartbreak is (Heartbreak, heartbreak is) Where the heartbreak is (Heartbreak, heartbreak is) Where the heartbreak is (Heartbreak, heartbreak is) Don't wanna go home, but I can't stay here (Heartbreak, heartbreak is) Where the heartbreak is (Heartbreak, heartbreak is) Where the heartbreak is (Heartbreak, heartbreak is) Now home is where the heartbreak is

Hear the ping, put the phone face down Hide my grin as my heart pounds Stolen moments, precious seconds Behind locked doors Hear the ping, put the phone face down Hold my breath as my heart pounds Walk on eggshells, plan my words Jump at every sound We watch the time, whatever it may be Enjoy a world where it's just you and me Living love songs, soft and slow Sharing secrets only we can know Robbing clocks like we're Bonnie and Clyde On the run just enjoying the ride Just you and me, the world in-between Will we get away with everything we've been? Home is where the heart aches But it's all I've ever known Once believed it was my dream But with you that dream has grown Home is where the heart lies Feelings I can never show When what should feel wrong feels right Wish that I could spend the night But I have to go Homemade dinner, sitcoms on TV Change the bulb that's been dead for weeks Close lipped, goodnight kisses I'll be up soon Order pizza as a special treat Screens are off, homework's complete Bedtime stories, goodnight kisses I'll be up soon Could you give up all that you had planned When no one you know would understand? Could you live a lie hiding who you'd be With no one to trust or confide in but me? We live under covers, our blinders on Don't look ahead or it could be gone Where do we draw the line that we've already crossed When whatever we choose is too great a cost? Home is where the heart aches But it's all I've ever known Once believed it was my dream But with you that dream has grown Home is where the heart lies Feelings I can never show When what should feel wrong feels right Wish that I could spend the night But I have to go When you find forever too late You can't help but make mistakes And you can't let go when it's more than you can take When you find how life should be And you finally feel free How do you go back to what you thought was happy? Home is where the heart aches But it's all I've ever known Once believed it was my dream But with you that dream has grown Home is where the heart lies Feelings I can never show When what should feel wrong feels right Wish that I could spend the night

Tell her you've thought about what happened Tell her you haven't slept at night Tell her although you made a huge mistake You want to make it right Tell her you know you aren't perfect Tell her you've waited way too long Tell her you're sorry, tell her you mean it Tell her you just were wrong Tell her she shouldn't have ignored you Or dissed you in front of all the school Tell her the minute she got out of touch You felt like such a fool Tell her that studying together Was so nice, you prayed it wouldn't end Say you forgive her, say you were jealous Ask if she'll be your friend Evan & Patrice: Tell her that people get things wrong Cause people are afraid they wont fit in your world or in your life But things will work out fine if she will only listen Tell her that all you ever wanted Tell her that all you ever wanted Was maybe Evan & Patrice: A smile or a glance Tell her your sorry Tell her you mean it Evan & Patrice: Ask for another chance Tell her you just want another chance

Take one step And make it count Hold your breath then let it out What's left unsaid, say it loud There's a fire in me That's still burning I'm sending out a searchlight Shine it out until I find you, oh Can you bring me back to life When my heart's in smithereens I wanna feel what it's like To be surrounded by you, oh So I'm sending out a searchlight To bring you back to me I'm lost again in this night The sun just leads me into shadows In my bones, in my blood You cure my disease Like a remedy I'm sending out a searchlight (searchlight) Shine it out until I find you, ohh Can you bring me back to life (to life) When my heart's in smithereens I wanna feel what it's like (it's like) To be surrounded by you, oh So I'm sending out a searchlight To bring you back to me Like a wild river, in a hurricane Like a fallen empire, I will rise again Take one step, and make it count I'm sending out a searchlight (searchlight) Shine it out until I find you, oh Can you bring me back to life (to life) When my heart's in smithereens I wanna feel what it's like (it's like) To be surrounded by you, ohh So I'm sending out a searchlight (searchlight) To bring you back to me

Right now I need an escape From this gravity that holds me down We gotta leave here today 'Cause insanity is all around 'Cause we're works of art We're fallin' stars We're fire waiting for a spark Yeah, we're gonna be miles up, up, up No, we're never gonna come down No, we're never gonna come down Yeah, we're gonna be miles up, up, up No, we're never gonna come down It's getting harder to breathe In this atmosphere, from these dizzy heights With you closer to me, we can disappear In this endless night 'Cause we're works of art We're fallin' stars We're fire waiting for a spark Yeah, we're gonna be miles up, up, up No, we're never gonna come down No, we're never gonna come down Yeah, we're gonna be miles up, up, up No, we're never gonna touch the ground No, we're never gonna touch the ground If you follow me in this mystery We can swim inside these clouds Yeah, we're gonna be miles up, up, up No, we're never gonna come down I'm not giving up, giving up We're so high Won't you look at us, look at us? Tonight Yeah, we're gonna be miles up, up, up No, we're never gonna come down No, we're never gonna come down Yeah, we're gonna be miles up, up, up No, we're never gonna touch the ground No, we're never gonna touch the ground If you follow me in this mystery We could swim inside these crowds Yeah, we're gonna be miles up, up, up No, we're never gonna come down If you follow me in this mystery We could swim inside these crowds Yeah, we're gonna be miles up, up, up No, we're never gonna come down, no