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Story behind the song
My daughters and I sing at Nursing Homes sometimes and I thought. I thought how sad it would be to be in a place like that with a good mind and a bad body.
Lyrics
"In A Place He Can't Call Home"
Written by, Curtis Beckman and Jill McCullough
C 2009 all rights reserved
Verse I
D Bm
There is a lonley man
F# G A
in a place he can't call home
D Bm
such a sad man
F# G A
wants to go back where he belongs
Em A
Everyday they take care of him
Em A
not the way that his wife did
D
wonders why he's still around
Chorus
Bm D
He never thought his life would come to this
Bm D A
in his right mind though his body quit on him
Bm D
His mind drifts back into the time
Bm D
when he danced like the wind with his new bride
A Em
on there wedding day she's since gone away
G D
and left him.... in a place he can't call home
Verse II
D Bm
They don't know he was a music man
F# G A
as they wheel his chair around
D Bm
a guitar player in a well known band
F# G A
toured the worlda€¦. from town to town
Em A
Now boring days and sleepless nights
Em A
no applause and those bright lights
D
just memories of his songs
Chorus II
Bm D
He never thought his life would come to this
Bm D A
in his right mind though his body quit on him
Bm D
His mind drifts back into the time
Bm D
when his career burned out and he spent his time
A Em
on a bar stool drinking like aa€¦. damn fool
G D
and it left him...in a place he can't call home
Bridge
C Em
Choices he made long ago
C Em
he has regrets with nothing to show
C
no one to reminisce
A
destined to die in a place like thisa€¦a€¦.
Chorus III
Bm D
He never thought his life would come to this
Bm D A
in his right mind though his body quit on him
Bm D
His mind drifts back into the time
Bm D
when he prayed holding hands with his sick wife
A Em
on her final daysa€¦. And then he slipps away
G D
while he sleeps... in a place he can't call home
Em G D
now he's with her.... in this place he cana€¦. call homea€¦