I had to see for myself   I had to show it to you   Among my sweetest of memories   I see this place in more than a few, yeah      Familiar shadows remain   But they are all that?s unchanged   Because this whole street seems haunted now   And the atmosphere is still and strange      We didn't worry about much   We never had a spare dime   This is where home used to be   In a different time      I know it?s hard to believe   So much has turned to dust, yeah, yeah   But this is where home used to be   And it was good to us, more than good to us      This was our place in the world   When life was new and untried   When every wild dream seemed possible   It felt good to be here, it was warm inside, yeah      I have to say, I?m amazed   Even though I learned long ago   That sometimes good things get thrown away   I wish right now that it wasn't so      Those days are good and gone   Around here it?s plain enough, yeah, yeah   This is where home used to be   Where we lived and loved      We were only here for awhile   Then we got drawn away, yeah, yeah   But this is where home used to be   And I pray that it?ll see a better day      We didn't worry back then   We never had a spare dime   This is where home used to be   In a different time      I know it?s hard to believe   So much has turned to dust, yeah, yeah   But this is where home used to be   And it was good to us, more than good to us      I had to see for myself   I had to show it to you