Home (feat Peter & Bethany Yarrow)

Home (feat. Bethany & Peter Yarrow)
(Jim Stanard)

They say that home is where the heart is
but some hearts are forced to roam
I pray to Mother Mary in heaven
those wandering hearts will find a home

Mary sailed from Cork
in 1849
Mom sent her to New York
‘cause their potatoes died

One of countless tired and poor
packing only hope and will
whose generations built
this shining city on the hill

Maria and her father
fled north to Mexico
What forced them from their land
you just don’t wanna know

Separated in El Paso
legal process has been slow
they knew that it was risky
didn’t know where else to go

They say that home is where the heart is
but some hearts are forced to roam
I pray to Mother Mary in heaven
those wandering hearts will find a home

I’ve got land on this earth
that the deeds say that I own
A warm place for my family
but it’s really just God’s loan

I’m a traveler through this life
I’ll be born and die alone
Hope I have Mother Mary’s blessing
when it’s my time to go home

They say that home is where the heart is
but some hearts are forced to roam
I pray to Mother Mary in heaven
those wandering hearts will find a home