Home Life

Yes dashgoo12, the lyrics are "I used to be in my M to Z, but you'll never find me 'cause my name isn't there." These lyrics are, in my opinion, referring to the phonebooks. They come in two separate books - A-L and M-Z and now that John Mayer is famous, he can't be listed in the M-Z just in case some weird stalker fans.

I can tell you this MUCH, I will marry just once And if it doesn't work out, I'll give her half of my stuff It's fine with me We said eternity I will go to my grave, with the LOVE that I gave Not just a melody line on a radio wave It dissipates And soon evaporates Homelife doesn't change

That part is probably my favourite in the entire song. It's so sweet. I love it because it's taking a different stance on marriages these days. I mean, people are alwasy talking about how they might get divorce,d or divorce rates are high, but John Mayer's saying in this part "I'm not going to worry about divorce. I'll marry and if it doesn't work out, then that's what's meant to be, I've had my chance." It makes, I think a much more optimistic picture of getting married. Well, in my screwed up head it does, at least...lol

okay, i love the lyrics but hate the music. something just turns me off at the beginning, but the rest of the song is so meaningful and it really shows that john wants to be more than what he is and not just a 'melody line'. he doesnt want the life of a rockstar. i think that all the songs on ht can really be linked back to john trying to find himself more than anything.

I can tell you this MUCH, I will marry just once And if it doesn't work out, I'll give her half of my stuff It's fine with me We said eternity I will go to my grave, with the LOVE that I gave Not just a melody line on a radio wave It dissipates And soon evaporates

I think i disagree with everyone on this line. I don't know that he thinks that is marriage will last forever and i don't think that he minds divorce. the woman that he chooses to marry will be the one, just no the one that he's going to be with forever. He'll love her forever, but he may not want to be married to her forever. "It dissipates And soon evaporates" It almost doesn't sound like he expects the marriage to last. It also doesn't sound like he expects to be bitter about it either. She can take half of his stuff when it's over but it's not a big deal. I don't know. The more i think about it the more confused i get. I wish i could just ask him...and then make sweet love to him :-)

"Home life You keep the home life You take the home life I'll come back for the home life I promise"

That second line is actually, "You keep our HOME ALIVE", if you listen closely, which is a beautiful and well placed lyric. This is a very cool song. As a 40 happily married man with 2 kids i think this is my new anthem.

John said somewhere that he wrote this song because of how much he misses his home life. He hates touring. He is a person that likes to stay at home, live from day to day with no suprises. I think almost everyone can relate to that.

The missing lyrics are "I used to be in my M to Z, now you'll never find me cause my name isn't there." I can see where it sounds like scene... but its not :)

all i can say is that john is awesome and i hate when people compare him to dave mathews or jack johnson i mean they're awesome but john is his own thing

"See I refuse to believe" - nice homage to Sting & The Police. You can really see that he was influenced by them.

I remember once hat John got to meet Sting and they got along. Sting wanted to work with him and everything because Sting loved his music too. Mut

John said something about a dream he had where he and Sting were naked in a hotel room jamming and Sting was like, 'uh ok' - step away slowly. I thought that was funny.

Okay, people. Do not post lyrics to a song unless you get them right. The lyrics ARE IN THE JACKET OF THE CD. ITS HARD TO MESS THAT UP.