How Can You Go Home Again?

How Can You Go Home Again?
by Tom Flannery and Lorne Clarke copyright 2008

From the upcoming documentary Crayons and Paper

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They say...how can you go there
and see the things you see
without longing for something
that you used to be
How can you look into the eyes
of a forsaken child
and not think of your own running free
restless and wild

I say how...
Can you go home again?
I say how...
Can you go home again?

They say how can you go out there
And do the things you do
And not slip into the madness
Of that never ending doom
How can you daily find the courage
To walk out into the fire
They say it’s faith that moves the mountains
But what keeps you inspired

I say how...
Can you go home again?
I say how...
Can you go home again?

Do you not grow weary
from the years on you
and with the mind playing tricks
on what the eyes can do
and now you're stepping inside
the icy mind of men
with cold grey matter
where a heart should have been

I say how...
Can you go home again?
I say how...
Can you go home again?
I say how...
Can you go home again?