Did you check the tires
Put gas in the car
Don’t think you need too much, ’cause you ain’t gonna get that far
Did you pack the good times
Don’t forget a map
Just in case the route you take isn’t there to take you back

You can hold any girl that you like
Fall in love when it’s easy at night
But, you’ll wake up wondering why she ain’t ever something better
When you’re lost and run out of road
Find what I already know
In the end close is all there is
But you won’t find this
No, you won’t find this

There’s once in a lifetime
And there’s once in a while
And the difference between the two is about a million miles
Oh, you might get lucky while the moon is looking up
But in the truth of the morning, the stars will be long gone

You can hold any girl that you like
Fall in love when it’s easy at night
But, you’ll wake up wondering why she ain’t ever something better
When you’re lost and run out of road
Find what I already know
In the end close is all there is
But you won’t find this

You can hold any girl that you like
Fall in love when it’s easy at night
But, you’ll wake up wondering why she ain’t ever something better
When you’re lost and run out of road
Find what I already know
In the end close is all there is
Oh, in the end it’s me you’re going to miss
‘Cause you won’t find this
Oh, you won’t find this

I’m flat on the floor
With my head down low
Where the sky can’t rain on me anymore
Don’t knock on my door cause I won’t come
I’m hiding from the storm ’til the damage gets done

Baby, baby, baby, baby tell me why
You gotta make me, make me, make me, make me cry
Oh, lord
If I told you once, I told you a thousand times
You can’t knock me off my feet, when I’m already on my knees

Cause I’m flat on the floor with my head down low
Where the sky can’t rain on me anymore
Don’t knock on my door cause I won’t come
I’m hiding from the storm ’til the damage gets done

Baby, baby, baby, baby tell me how
You think you gonna live without my love now
I don’t know why you gotta keep coming around
Creeping up my street
Oh boy, you can’t bother me

Now I’m flat on the floor with my head down low
Where the sky can’t rain on me anymore
Don’t knock on my door cause I won’t come
I’m hiding from the storm ’til the damage gets done

You ain’t gonna get to me tonight
I’ll lay right here ’til it all blows through
I ain’t gonna raise my body
’til there ain’t no sign, ’til there ain’t no sign, ’til there ain’t no sign to you

Cause I’m flat on the floor with my head down low
Where the sky can’t rain on me anymore
Don’t knock on my door cause I won’t come
I’m hiding from the storm ’til the damage gets done

I’m flat on the floor with my head down low
Where the sky can’t rain on me anymore
Don’t knock on my door cause I won’t come
I’m hiding from the storm ’til the damage gets

Now I’m flat on the floor with my head down low
Where the sky can’t rain on me anymore
Don’t knock on my door cause I won’t come
I’m hiding from the storm ’til the damage gets done

Oh
Don’t knock on my door
I’m hiding from the storm ’til the damage gets done

A little boy, six years old
A little too used to being alone
Another new mom and dad
Another school, another house that will never be home
When people ask him how he likes this place
He looks up and says with a smile upon his face

This is my temporary home, it’s not where I belong
Windows and rooms that I’m passing through
This is just a stop on the way to where I’m going
I’m not afraid because I know
This is my temporary home

Young mom, on her own
She needs a little help, got nowhere to go
She’s looking for a job, looking for a way out
‘Cause a halfway house will never be a home
At night she whispers to her baby girl
“Someday we’ll find our place here in this world”

This is our temporary home, it’s not where we belong
Windows and rooms that we’re passing through
This is just a stop on the way to where we’re going
I’m not afraid because I know
This is our temporary home

Old man, hospital bed
The room is filled with people he loves
And he whispers
“Don’t cry for me, I’ll see you all someday”
He looks up and says
“I can see God’s face”

This is my temporary home, it’s not where I belong
Windows and rooms that I’m passing through
This was just a stop on the way to where I’m going
I’m not afraid because I know
This was my temporary home

This is our temporary home