Song Description

A family man loses his home of 20 years.

Lyrics

Just East of Clay street, a little South on Brandywine,
There?s a small white house with a picket fence
And a ?sold? sign in the yard,
A worn out, old front porch swing,
And a weed-filled flower bed,
A maple tree grown over with ivy,
And twenty years of love and sweat.
And I know they?re still there? all the best years of my life.
Just East of Clay street, a little south on Brandywine

Well, a home ain?t just a house
Or the memories that go with it
It?s love and hope and warmth and pain
And the life that you live in it
It?s a peaceful summer mornin?
It?s a fire-lit winter night
It?s teachin? your kids to catch and share, Bar-B-Q?s and cold, cold beer
And it?s makin? sweet, sweet love when you get the time
And it?s just east of Clay St., a little south on Brandywine

Just east of Clay St., a little south on Brandywine,
We went into debt, raised two kids,
Laughed and fought and cried,
Mowed the lawn and raked the leaves,
Had some birthdays and a wake,
Then a letter came from some bank I?d never heard of
Sayin? all of it was theirs to take.
And I know they?re still there? the best years of our lives
Just East of Clay street, a little south on Brandywine

Well, a home ain?t just a house
Or the memories that go with it
It?s love and hope and warmth and pain
And the life that you live in it
It?s a peaceful summer mornin?
It?s a fire-lit winter night
It?s teachin? your kids to catch and share, Bar-B-Q?s and cold, cold beer
And it?s makin? sweet, sweet love when you get the time
And it?s just east of Clay St., a little south on Brandywine
Just east of Clay St., a little south on Brandywine