Jan Hellriegel - Home Not Home Lyrics

HOME NOT HOME

So I went home to your home
But no one was home
It was no home
I called out your name
No replies came
It was no home

I cleaned all the walls at your home
I emptied out the cupboards and
Put the stuff in my car
And I took it with me but can't you see
It don't belong

And in the quiet I recall
Only beauty that you could grow at home
And the longing gaze as you wrangled me
Tempestuous and wild and not liking frilly things
And I am sorry I never told you in time

How did I not notice?
How did I not see?
That a daughter of yours
Was always going to end up
Running wild, untameable, contrary
But running free

So I went home to your home
It's the last time I know I'll probably be there
But I'll take you with me
And I still got that key
To your home.


And in the quiet I recall
How you went into bat for me
When you went down to the school and said
""There will be no home economics for she""
Because in your eyes I could have been a butcher or a baker
A doctor or a lawyer or anything I wanted to be
You said ""You've got this girl and after all
You're more beautiful and intelligent than me""

How did I not notice?
How did I not see?
That a daughter of yours was always going to end up
Singing her owns tunes and thanks to you
Always be running free