Indigo Girls - make this house a home lyrics

from early 1987.

Make This House a Home.

Well, there's something in us living

There's something you should know

There was a time for us to fall

Now it's time to grow

But you know it's not the way

That I intended it to be

Crossing hearts and killing souls

And trying to get down to what's real

All I ever wanted was to make this house a home

I let go of sinking sand - won't you help me find a stone?

All I ever wanted

All I ever wanted

All I ever wanted

All I ever wanted

All I ever wanted

Was to make this house a home

All I needed was your hand to hold

I spent so much time alone

I needed your direction

But we re-aligned my broken bones

Well, they're running from a lifeless state

Somehow we lost our hold

All we have with us is change

Left over from what started out as gold

All I ever wanted was to make this house a home

I let go of sinking sand - won't you help me find a stone?

All I ever wanted

All I ever wanted

All I ever wanted

All I ever wanted

All I ever wanted

Was to make this house a home

This is what I give to you

It's flesh and blood

It's body and soul

Won't you take what's left of who I am

And try to see it whole?

I'm holding you responsible for every word I say

If you feel the brokenness

Won't you try and look the other way

I never meant to be so low

I only wanted you to see

That time was healing someone else

But it's tearing apart the very heart of me

This is what I give to you

It's flesh and blood

It's body and soul

Won't you take what's left of who I am

And try to see it whole?

All I ever wanted was to make this house a home

I let go of sinking sand - won't you help me find a stone?

All I ever wanted

All I ever wanted

All I ever wanted

All I ever wanted

All I ever wanted

Was to make this house a home

So make this house a home

make this house a home

make this house a home