Where Home Used to Be - Marshall Crenshaw

I had to see for myself

I had to show it to you

Among my sweetest of memories

I see this place in more than a few, yeah

Familiar shadows remain

But they are all that?

s unchanged

Because this whole street seems haunted now

And the atmosphere is still and strange

We didn’t worry about much

We never had a spare dime

This is where home used to be

In a different time

I know it?

s hard to believe

So much has turned to dust, yeah, yeah

But this is where home used to be

And it was good to us, more than good to us

This was our place in the world

When life was new and untried

When every wild dream seemed possible

It felt good to be here, it was warm inside, yeah

I have to say, I?

m amazed

Even though I learned long ago

That sometimes good things get thrown away

I wish right now that it wasn’t so

Those days are good and gone

Around here it?

s plain enough, yeah, yeah

This is where home used to be

Where we lived and loved

We were only here for awhile

Then we got drawn away, yeah, yeah

But this is where home used to be

And I pray that it?

ll see a better day

We didn’t worry back then

We never had a spare dime

This is where home used to be

In a different time

I know it?

s hard to believe

So much has turned to dust, yeah, yeah

But this is where home used to be

And it was good to us, more than good to us

I had to see for myself

I had to show it to you