Country Music

Did you watch the CMA's last night? I sure hope you did, there were some great performances. It reminded me why I love country music.

If you didn't see it, all you need to know is that Miranda Lambert rocked it. Her song, "The House that Built Me" won several awards. I think the success of the song can be attributed to the fact that so many people can relate to the lyrics. I get goosebumps, everytime. So in the spirit of the award winning song; here are the lyrics, along with a couple snapshots of the house that built me.

"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 handprints 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
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 Gardens magazine
Plans were drawn and concrete poured
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 and you move on and you do the best you can
I got lost in this old 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"


What builds you?


Love,
K