I’ve been Homesick all my Life (Song lyric)

She smiled like she was halfway gone,

vulnerable but somehow strong.

I gave her pearls, she gave me doubt,

She cha-cha’d in, then she tangoed out.

I had no use for joy that doesn’t sing

Didn’t know the nuance of a sweet assassin

So I stood there elemental, king of nothing at all

and told her everything I’d lost, in my story of downfall.

Chorus

I’ve been homesick all my life

For a place I’ve never lived.

For a door that’s always open,

For a heart with more to give.

I’ve been chasing something certain

Through a world that won’t forgive

Yeah, I’ve been homesick all my life

For a place I’ve never lived.

V2

Took her to the carnival,

She wore a stranger’s grin.

Told me I was farcical,

But she let me tuck her in.

She played her part so smoothly

While I stumbled through the script.

left me with lipstick and a ticket

For a place I’ll always miss.

Chorus (repeat)

I’ve been homesick all my life… (etc.)

Bridge

Maybe home’s not bricks and timber,

Not a body, not a bed,

Just the echo of a whisper

lodged inside your head.

Maybe I’s born to wander,

Never meant to stay or land.

But there’s a script behind my eyeballs

Still try in’ to understand.

Final Chorus

I’ve been homesick all my life

For a place I can’t describe.

Like a song now long forgotten,

Words more dead than over-ripe

If I find it, I won’t know it,

No matter what it has to give, coz

I’ve been homesick all my life

For a place I’ve never lived