Home Away From Home Lyrics - The Roches

She was twenty six when she came to the burbs 

Where the family secrets stop at the curbs 

I was nine when she moved next door 

She had married a republican he was for the war 

He was mean he beat her up 

All the time preaching that republican stuff 

Hated blacks hated Jews 

Knelt down Sundays at our lady of the blues 

Over at my house things were sad 

Because my folks were always fighting that made me feel bad 

I went to her door with a cookie tin 

I said, "I am your neighbor, would you let me in?" 

She was big having a baby 

She asked me are you hungry and I said maybe 

She gave me soup a piece of toast 

She gave me what I needed the most 

Yeah, thank you for the love you gave me as a child 

There must have been so much pain 

That you never cried in my 

Home, away from home 

Then one day we found a sick bird 

On the very same doorstep where I first met her 

Being a nurse well, she took the bird in 

And we fed her with an eye dropper 'til the following spring 

When the time came to let the bird go 

This is what she said when I cried no 

If you keep her locked inside 

Honey, she won't be able to fly 

Yeah, thank you for the love you gave to me as a child 

There must have been so much pain 

That you never cried in my 

Home, away from home 

Home, away from home