Home To Stay

Josh Groban

I know you're gone
I watched you leave
I always thought
That it was me
You made it clear
With that last kiss
You couldn't live a life
With maybe's and what-if's

When every boat
Has sailed away
And every path
Is marked and paved
When every road
Has had its say
Then I'll be bringing you back
Home to stay

I have the cards you sent to me
You wrote of trains and Paris galleries
This spring you'll draw
Canals, and frescoed walls
Look how far your dreaming's gone

When every town looks just the same
When every choice gets hard to make
When every map is put away
Then I'll be bringing you back
Home to stay

And now I know why you had to go alone
Isn't there a place between

When every boat
Has sailed away
And every path
Is marked and paved

When every road
Has had its say
Then I'll be bringing you back
Home to stay

Reach out to me
Call out my name
And I would bring you back again
Today


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Home To Stay Lyrics as written by Jeremy Lubbock Amy Foster-skylark

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    I love this song..everytime i hear it i can't help but sing along. It holds so much meaning within its seemingly simple words... Allowing his love to leave but loving them enough to wait for them to come home. <3

    Improvvisoon January 28, 2005   Link

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