think i'm gonna stay home // have myself a homelife
sitting in the slow-mo // listenin' to the daylight
i am not a nomad // i am not a rocketman
i was born a housecat // by the slight of my mother's hand
i think i'm gonna stay home

i want to live in the centre of a circle
i want to live on the side of a square
i used to be in my M to Z now
you'll never find me 'cause my name isn't there

homelife // been holding out for the homelife
my whole life

i wanna see the ending // i wanna guess the last name
finish on a friday // and sit in traffic on highway
see, i refuse to believe // that my life's gonna be
just some broken kind of celebrity // never to lead me
to anything remotely close to the

homelife // been holding out for the homelife
my whole life

i can tell you this much // i will marry just once
and if it doesn't work out // i'll give her half of my stuff
it's fine with me // we said eternity
and i will go to my grave // with the love that i gave
not just some melody line // on the radio wave
it dissapates // it soon evaporates
but damn, it still feels great

i want to live in the centre of a circle
i want to live on the side of a square
i'd love to walk to where we both can talk, but
i got to leave you 'cause my ride is here

in my homelife
in my (you take the) homelife
in my (you take the) homelife
you take the homelife

and you take my hand // take my hand
look me in the eyes now, darling // and try to understand
i'm a good man // and i'm standing still on two legs
i'm a good man // and i think that's why i stick around, you know
but we both know // and we got soul

i'll call you up from someplace // all self-righteous and arrogant // and then i'll ask you how you're doing // and be so caught up in my own stuff, and // i will sense the weakness in you // 'cause you been staying in the same house // in the same room // looking around at all my stuff // that's speaking for me and saying // "we don't know where he is..."

and you'll hang up the phone, and you'll // lay in the bed, and // i'll hang up the phone, and // i'll go out instead // and i'll be thinking of you // but you won't know // 'cause your brain won't let you have it

and all your friends at work // they'll tell you // that i'm straying, i'm straying // you're just a stupid lunatic for staying // but i know

i'm in the middle of nowhere // 50 miles to nothing behind me // 50 miles to somthing in front of me // laying in my bunk // homesick and carsick and musicsick! // and dreamin' 'bout the home life // dreamin' 'bout my whole life // dreamin' 'bout makin' you my wife! // dreaming 'bout the homelife

you take the homelife
oh, i'll come back for the homelife
just me and you and the homelife
i promise someday soon, i'll try


- homelife, john mayer (as/is, 7.16.04, shoreline amphitheater, mountain view, CA)