I know they say you can't go home again   I just had to come back one last time   Ma'am, I know you don't know me from Adam   But these hand prints on the front steps are mine      Up those stairs in that little back bedroom   Is where I did my homework and I learned to play guitar   And I bet you didn't know under that live oak   My favorite dog is buried in the yard      I thought if I could touch this place or feel it   This brokenness inside me might start healing   Out here it's like I'm someone else   I thought that maybe I could find myself      If I could just come in, I swear I'll leave   Won't take nothing but a memory   From the house that built me      Mama cut out pictures of houses for years   From 'Better Homes and Garden' magazines   Plans were drawn and concrete poured   And nail by nail and board by board   Daddy gave life to mama's dream      I thought if I could touch this place or feel it   This brokenness inside me might start healing   Out here it's like I'm someone else   I thought that maybe I could find myself      If I could just come in, I swear I'll leave   Won't take nothing but a memory   From the house that built me      You leave home, you move on   And you do the best you can   I got lost in this whole world   And forgot who I am      I thought if I could touch this place or feel it   This brokenness inside me might start healing   Out here it's like I'm someone else   I thought that maybe I could find myself      If I could walk around, I swear I'll leave   Won't take nothing but a memory   From the house that built me