I went back home in a dream last night
35 was as clogged as the 405
My daddy’s truck was parked in the driveway
My mama didn’t ask me to stay
The cows were in the yard chasing my brother
The hens were laughing telling me to run farther
My sister was cryin’, screamin’
I pinch myself to stop the dreamin’
Oh home, why do I want to go home
Everyone wants to have a home
And mine was -
I go to the floor of my old bathroom the only place I could be alone
I go and I sit, I sit and I wonder how
How could they have known
I go to the floor of our old bathroom
The only place you could be alone
I go and I sit I sit and I wonder how
How could I have not known
Home why do I want to go home, everyone wants to have a home
And mine was
Mine was min
Run little girl you better run for that door
You’re all grown up now these aren’t just dream anymore
Your sisters are crying asking you to stay, but you’re just standing there with nothing to say
Run little girl you better run for that door
You’re all grown up now these aren’t just dream anymore
Your sisters are crying asking you to stay, but you’re just standing there with nothing to say
Nothing to say
Nothing to say
But
I went back home in a dream last night
35 was as clogged as the 405
Our daddy’s truck was parked in the driveway
Our mama just begged us to stay
Our mama just begged us to stay
My mama just begged me to stay
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