so i went to a concert last night to see lucy kaplansky and jennifer kimball (at the worldcafe live here in philly) and while there heard one of lucy's new songs...called this is home. her new album is called the red thread and it's about this ancient chinese belief that when babies are born they have a red thread attached from them to everybody else they are destined to come into contact with in thier entire life. this thread will stretch and tangle but will never break. she has a three year old daughter, molly, that she adopted from china and she had this one song that made me think of you, this is home, it's a gorgeous song! here's the lyrics!
This Is Home ------Lucy Kaplansky
When I found you I knew that you'd be mine It wasn't my first kiss, it wasn't my first time But it was the first time I gave my heart, when I wasn't just alone I put it in your hands and I followed you home
Now I'm heading east on 80 Wishing I could sleep I see you lying in our bed, you're waiting up for me And while I'm taking in the view I'm wishing I could give you, what I wanted to You know I wanted to
And this is Home Where I want to be This is home Lets make a family Baby you and me Baby you and me
She's lying on a bed in some crowded room She's trying to sleep There's not much else to do The faces change around her They speak to her sometimes She's getting used to being left behind
When we find her We'll belong to her We won't see her first smile, we won't hear her first word But ours will be the first heart she holds in her hands She can keep them beside her in her very own room
This is Home Where I want to be This is Home Let's make a family This is Home Where I want to be This is home Let's make a family Baby you and me Baby you and me
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