I keep my heart and soul in the boondocks I feel no shame I'm proud of where I came from I was born and raised in the boondocks One thing I know No matter where I go You get a line, I'll get a pole We'll go fishing in the craw fish hole Five-card poker

No one gets out alive Oh, another truth And there's nowhere you can hide Oh, in this house of doom Oh, once you step inside Ain't no one gets out alive Take all that you can Take it all I know you'll do it again

I'll play the blues for you If you're down and out and you feel real hurt Come on over to the place where I live And all your loneliness I'll try to soothe Don't be afraid come on in You might run across some of your old friends All your loneliness I

Hey, mother, father, sister Hey, come back, tryin', believein' Hey, mother, father, dreamer She sits alone, an empty stare A mother's face she wears Where did she go wrong, The fight is gone Lord help this broken home Don't you know that I'm alive for you

Everyone you love has built it And I've been working there myself And that's where I'll be With a front-row seat To watch you live your life well 'Cause your whole heart's a village Claire, don't you dare believe them I'd never leave you alone I've been

Suddenly you're climbing all up next to me, next to me I ain't no fool, you rascal you Everywhere we go you keep looking around Fixing your make up like it's about to go down And he walks in, it all makes sense You just want your ex to see, ex to see I

I'm gonna live on solid rock I want to live on solid rock I want to give I don't want to be blocked Well take a look at that I made a castle in the sand Saying this is where it's at you know Couldn't understand now If I realised that the chances were

I call it love They call it living in sin Just where we fit in Baby, can you tell me I say we're living on love They say we're living in sin Is it you and me or Just this world we live in I don't need no license

Long for the stranger you know so well. Long for the sailor, beneath the skies Long for the white dove, no matter where she flies Pray for the soldier, who's wounded bad Pray for the dreamer, he's still so sad Pray for the stranger you know so well.

You're always in my head I think of you I haven't slept I think I do But I don't forget My body moves Goes where I will But though I try my heart stays still It never moves