Song Description
Sweet song with big hooky, chorus and poignant lyrics about being a kid and being scared by everything, not feeling like home was a safe place. Uses "Dorothy" and "Auntie Em" in the chorus. I have two mastered versions of this song. This one is the less p
| Song Length |
2:57 |
Genre |
Pop - General |
| Tempo |
Slow (71 - 90) |
Lead Vocal |
Female Vocal |
| Mood |
Quiet, Poignant |
Subject |
General, Junk Food |
| Similar Artists |
Tori Amos, Sarah Mclachlan |
Language |
English |
| Era |
2000 and later |
| |
Lyrics
I could build houses that wouldn't bend with the breeze.
Not like my own home of not so brave straw,
with a wolf living in every part of the yard.
They don't mean to be greedy, it's just what they are.
Falling asleep I'd feel the walls bending
close to a buckle, Auntie Em, Auntie Em,
God, would you look what's coming.
This was no strom I could sleep through
like some silly Dorothy, it blew holes in me
before I could say. There never was a place, never was a place like home.
I was going to join Custer's Army or John Wayne's posse.
On my Bantam bike, I'd ride away.
I never spoke of my plans to travel. I was too afraid I wouldn't be begged to stay.
Now falling asleep I feel the walls bending
close to a buckle, Auntie Em, Auntie Em,
God, would you look what's coming.
This is no strom I can sleep through
like some silly Dorothy, it blows holes in me
before I can say. There never was a place, never was a place like home.
There never was a place, never was a place like home.