Home in My Heart

<br>(rodney crowell/claudia church)<br><br><br><br>I remember waking up<br><br>Running down a dirt road<br><br>Morning dew a shinin, watermelon by the wagon load<br><br>Little baby brother and my sisters in the shade<br><br>Listening to the crickets and the music that they made<br><br>Riding on a tractor with my granpa in the summertime<br><br>Cold bologna sandwich, green tomatoes on the garden vine<br><br>Billy joe mcmillan was the first boy that I ever knew<br><br>He moved to california and it broke my heart in...<br><br><br><br>North carolina...your pine trees so tall<br><br>Your hills and your valleys, your cool waterfalls<br><br>Your blue ridge mountains<br><br>Your fields and your streams<br><br>Are lost on the back roads that run through my dreams<br><br>Of north carolina...home in my heart<br><br><br><br>Skinny legs and barefoot on the top of an abandoned car<br><br>Pouring out my heart just like a country music singing star<br><br>Pinecone for a microphone<br><br>Full moon for a spotlight<br><br>Shining down from heaven, like its smiling on me<br><br><br><br>North carolina...your pine trees so tall<br><br>Your hills and your valleys, your cool waterfalls<br><br>Your blue ridge mountains<br><br>Your fields and your streams<br><br>Are lost on the back roads that run through my dreams<br><br>Of north carolina...home in my heart<br><br><br><br>Although it seems like yesterday<br><br>Im still a million miles away<br><br>Going to the ocean in my uncles new sedan<br><br>Daddys in the army, theres a war in vietnam<br><br>Mama kept us going with her sewing and a prayer<br><br>Its hard to be a family when your daddys missing<br><br><br><br>North carolina...your pine trees so tall<br><br>Your hills and your valleys, your cool waterfalls<br><br>Your blue ridge mountains<br><br>Your fields and your streams<br><br>Are lost on the back roads that run through my dreams<br><br>Of north carolina...home in my heart<br><br><br><br>Home in my heart<br><br>Home in my heart