Songs:Home Again (4374)
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Home Again
by Karen Savoca
(karensavoca.com)
on album Sunday In Nandua
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- Length: 4:06
Lyrics
- Home Again (by John Batdorf, Song ID#s: 123796, 135084, 135107)
- Verse 1:
- Opened up the daylight found me
- Sitting underneath an old tree
- Clearing up what once was cloudy
- Knowing most of all, I'm happy
- Opened up the daylight found me
- Verse 1:
- Chorus:
- All my life, I've waited for this day,
- I am home again
- And oh my life, you helped me find the way
- I am home again
- All my life, I've waited for this day,
- Chorus:
- Verse 2:
- Have a new direction facing
- Now I'm sought instead of chasing
- Time to slow down no more racing
- Spend some time at home, embracing
- Have a new direction facing
- Verse 2:
- [repeat Chorus]
- [repeat Chorus]
- Bridge:
- Nothing in the air but singing
- Music plays in harmony
- Everything around is ringing
- Happiness at last found me
- Happiness at last found me
- Nothing in the air but singing
- Bridge:
- [repeat Chorus]
- [repeat Chorus]
- Song By John Batdorf
- Walden Music, Inc.
- (c/o Warner Chappell Music, Inc.)
- ©2006 All Rights Reserved
Trivia
John Batdorf (well, one version, at least - Song ID#s: 123796, 135084, 135107)
John (Batdorf)'s perspective............ (Song ID#s: 123796 135084, 135107)
- "I remember writing this song back in 1972. We [John Batdorf & Mark Rodney] had been on tour promoting Off The Shelf, and now it was time to write some new stuff. The whole band, Mark, Rick Carlos, John Mauceri and I, all lived in a great old house in Hollywood. I would sit out on that front porch shaded by some really old trees and playing away until a song would work it's way to the surface. This song was about how euphoric I felt about my career and life at that moment. I really felt at home! I am very happy this one came!"
Tags
 | Piano 2,907 items |
 | Reflective 308 items |
 | Sad 205 items |
 | Homes 15 items |
 | Solo vocalist 12,724 items |
 | Acoustic 10,557 items |
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- Overall rating:
(12 votes)
5 stars=Esther • Jim • Redsy
4 stars=Sol® • Hexaba • Steven E King • Kelli • sparx • Pyrite • Atuuschaaw • Kazookid • Noneyet
One of my all-time favorite Batdorf & Rodney songs - I just absolutely love the acoustic guitar parts. This song came out in 1972 on the second Batdorf & Rodney album (Batdorf & Rodney), immediately before I was drafted into the Army, so it holds a special place in my heart. I had misgivings when I saw it had been re-recorded for John's solo album, since (to me, anyway) I feel that the original version of almost every song is the definitive version. The original B&R recording will always be my favorite, but this rendition does more than merely acquit itself nicely, aided I'm sure in no small part by the reunion with Mark. An absolutely superb reinterpretation!
-- 12-stringer
Details
- Times played: 38
- People hearing: 943
- Times requested: 9
- First played: Feb 23rd, 2003
- Last played: Nov 19th, 2008
- Previously played: Aug 15th, 2008
- Song ID#: 4374
Categories: Piano | Reflective | Sad | Homes | Solo vocalist | Acoustic
