kenobrien - Can't You Understand That


kenobrien
Apr 23, 2025 03:00am
<p>lyrics: </p><p>Let me tell you a story.</p><p>It shouldn't take long.</p><p>Let me show you around a bit</p><p>While I'm singing this song.</p><p>About a place I still call home</p><p>Before it fades away</p><p>Through rocks trees and water.</p><p>When our people first came.</p><p>See that foundation there</p><p>Now just pillars alone</p><p>It was more than a house you know.</p><p>Twas a fine happy home.</p><p>With mother and father</p><p>Brother sisters and me</p><p>Our Grandma and Grandpa</p><p>Made a true family</p><p>Can't you understand that</p><p>Does it make sense to you</p><p>I can tell by the look on your face</p><p>I don't think that you do</p><p>I know you are not seeing</p><p>What I am looking at</p><p>Cuz I'm home when</p><p>I'm standing here.</p><p>Can't you understand that</p><p>SOLO:</p><p>Here's where they built their Church</p><p>Its Steeple was high</p><p>That cross lying there in the grass</p><p>Once reached for the Sky</p><p>The names on these Marble stones</p><p>Once breathed the salt air</p><p>They made this place their home</p><p>That I'm showing you here</p><p>I can still see the suits and tie</p><p>It was Spring I believe</p><p>They said that they thought </p><p>this time.We should pack up</p><p>and leave.</p><p>Why would anyone want to stay</p><p>In this forsaken place</p><p>If you ask Mrs.Pomroy</p><p>I know what she'd say</p><p>Can't you understand that</p><p>does it make sense to you</p><p>I can tell by the look on your face</p><p>Don't think that you do.</p><p>I know what you're thinking.</p><p>That was all in the past.</p><p>I am still home when I am standing here.</p><p>Can't you understand that.</p><p>This will always be home to me.</p><p>Can't you understand that.</p>