Bay Laurel Leaves

I won't say that I was running
But I just couldn't stay
All the songs that I was singing
Like a bird inside a cage
Couldn't see to the horizon
Past the brambles that had grown
So I started out by driving

I thought I'd have a friend there
But the phone, it never rang
I waited for the nighttime
Just to fall asleep again
And dream that I was back there
On that mountain by the sea
And breathe in the air of the bay laurel leaves

Tennessee
You found me at my worst
And put me back on my feet
But every night I fall into a dream
Of California and the bay laurel leaves

I still visit mom and daddy
My brothers and their kids
And I'm flooded up with doubt
About floating on the wind
To a place so far away
Seven years I've called my home
And every time I see them
Can't believe how much they've grown

Tennessee
You found me at my worst
And put me back on my feet
But every night I fall into a dream
Of California and the bay laurel leaves

If home is where is where the heart is
My heart is stretched as far as it can go
I hope you know

Tennessee
You found me at my worst
And put me back on my feet
But every night I fall into a dream
Every night I fall into a dream
Every night I fall into a dream
Of California and the bay laurel leaves