Today marks the 34th anniversary of me picking up my wife-to-be in Michigan. I was living in Montana at the time and I flew into Grand Rapids, Michigan on September 25th, 1975 to bring her back to Great Falls, Montana. That was a long time ago but I still remember it well. After meeting her at the airport, we took her car and drove back to Montana by taking the northern route through the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. We stayed along the northern portions of Wisconsin, Minnesota, North Dakota and finally, Montana. It was a three-day trip in all.
To honor that day, I dedicate the following song, Already Home, to her. She knows what it’s all about and that’s all that matters.
Already Home by Hanna and Ashley Perez. The Perez sisters sing mostly Latino songs but this is one of their first in English. By the way, they were actually born and raised in Lake Charles, Louisiana. It’s a very nice song and the lyrics are copied below the YouTube video. Enjoy.
Lyrics to Already Home
Packed my bags and kissed your cheek
Turned around so I didn’t see you cry, you cry
Sometimes you just can’t explain
The reasons why you have to say goodbye, goodbye
It took something, it took falling,
It took distance, it took time,
It took a lot of getting lost to realize
I was already home, right where I was supposed to be
You were right in front of me
I was not alone
I was already home, sometimes you’re too close to see
The one thing that you really need has been there all along
It took leaving you to know, I was already home
It took a long, long road to see,
What matters most in life to me was gone, was gone
But I thought I was looking for
Was right here waiting at your door
I was wrong, so wrong
It took tumbling, it took falling,
It took distance, it took time,
It took a lot of getting lost to realize
I was already home, right where I was supposed to be
You were right in front of me
I was not alone
I was already home, sometimes you’re too close to see
The one thing that you really need has been there all along
It took leaving you to know
I was so caught up in the thrill of something different
Something new,
It took a lot of missing you to see the truth
I was already home, right where I was supposed to be
You were right in front of me
I was not alone
I was already home, sometimes you’re too close to see
The one thing that you really need has been there all along
It took leaving you to know
I was already home
I was already home
