Home from Flaneur by Yo-Yo & the Chaplain

I was born at home
And I thought I knew my place
But I wish that I had known
That was not to be the case

'Cause my new home was a farmhouse
Some hundreds of miles away
And I could tell that that house
As my home, just would not stay

I've heard home is where the heart is
And soon enough I'd seen
That if home is where the heart is
Then I lived on a movie screen

Or inside a record jacket,
Or on a shelf all filled with books
When real life just couldn't hack it
I knew just where to look

Still I wandered, searching somewhere
For elusive homespun life
Thought I might have found it down there
But she wouldn't be my wife

A year-long apartment sublet
Did not have the time to grow
And a year of roommate regret
Did nothing more than sow

Further seeds of discontentment
Between me and Steve and Steve
Recrimination and resentment
And a doormat that said “Leave”

So now I'm on the road again
Can home be close ahead?
I'm too young to be feeling spent
Too young to feel so dead

A flick'ring fire hearth stone
Drew me in to stay
For once it seemed that my home
Was a place where I could play

Songs of friends and lovers
Songs of laughter, not of tears
No heater, but warm covers
Kept me safe and gave me cheer

But the wanderlust got growin'
Drove me far from glowing heat
Left me stranded in the snowin'
In the middle of the street

Far flung from those I once loved
Nowhere near enough to go
Even were my face to rise above
The driving, ceaseless snow

But I'm ready for the next leap
Toward a place I call my own
'Cause I'm walking, though I'm so beat
But still, I'm going home!

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