Hope used to live right down the street Her kids two and four played in the yard in their bare feet Sunday nights they watched the sun go down from their back porch somewhere in the South
Charlie had a good job at the mill Little house on the edge of town, A dog, a car, a mortgage bill Overnight they're homeless refugees They're Americans just like you and me
CHORUS
Where would you go if you couldn't go home What would you do if everything you ever knew was gone I can't imagine what that's like I pray I'll never have to know Where would you go if you couldn't go home
VERSE 2
If you had to put your whole life in two hands and carry it away like some gypsy in a caravan What would you take, what would you leave When your home is turned to rubble and debris
Friends in Alabama, Dixieland delight Georgia, Louisiana, you're in our prayers tonight To those Joplin Missouri born and raised Pickin up the pieces blown away Our hearts are with you
CHORUS
Where would you go if you couldn't go home What would you do if everything you ever knew was gone I can't imagine what that's like I pray I'll never have to know Where would you go if you couldn't go home
BRIDGE
Where would you go if you couldn't go home Where would you go if you couldn't go home