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The House That Built Me by Miranda Lambert

I know they say
You can't go home again

I just had to (1)________ back one (2)________ time

Ma’am I know
You don’t know me from Adam

But these handprints on the front steps are mine

And 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 its 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 (3)______________ but a memory
From the (4)__________ 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 (5)________ and board by board

Daddy gave life to mama’s dream

I thought if I (6)__________ touch (7)________ place or feel it

This brokenness inside me
Might start healing

Out here its 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 (8)__________ (9)__________ 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 its like I’m someone else
I thought that maybe I (10)__________ 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

Answers:
(1) come(2) last(3) nothing(4) house(5) nail(6) could(7) this(8) whole(9) world(10) could