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One Place Lyrics

A summer evening; I walk past the window,
Baby's crying; Someone's cooking dinner;
There's laughter on the TV
Someone's learning the violin.
How at home, it heals
At times like this, I feel that...

CHORUS:
I would like to live like anybody else
In one place
And I could be happy and fulfilled
In one place

So I get the map out
And draw a line of where we've been
It goes thru sea and sky
Twenty-five planes this year
And it's only July...
This is not some Bible, like on the road
It's just a song about coming home
And whether...

CHORUS:
I would like to live like anybody else
In one place
And I could be happy and fulfilled
In one place

And you know that I have found
That I'm happiest weaving from town to town
And you know Bruce said
we should keep moving 'round
Maybe we all get too tied down, I don't know
Hell, I don't know
I'm happy to be home (Still alive)
Happy to be home...

In the end, if you take care
You can be happy or unhappy anywhere

CHORUS:
And I think we maybe all rely too much
On one place
I know I never would deny the need
For one place

So I get the map out (get the map out)
Yeah I get the map out (get the map out)
C'mon, get the map out (get the map out)
Get the map out (get the map out)
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Cover art for One Place lyrics by Everything but the Girl

"It's just a song about coming home" The clues are right there in the lyrics, as written by the magnificent and talented Tracy Thorne. Imagine living your life on the road most of your days, and yet wondering if you could be just as happy, living in once place. The familiarity and comfort of 'home' wherever that is.... And yet knowing your life is always somewhere else, on the road.

This is an absolute gem. The longing is palpable in the words. Only E.B.T.G. could make it this simple and beautiful.

Positive
Subjective
Enjoyment
Home
Longing
Comfort
Travel
Simplicity