Well, I’ve traveled that highway

Where every wrong turn and byway

Represented a sorrow

That I thought I had to grieve

But now my heart’s firmly planted

In this ground where I’m standing

And to tell the truth

I don’t care if I ever leave

 

Well I’m bound, I’ll admit it

My life’s claimed and committed

And I sometimes find it difficult

To find a small reprieve

But these chains they don’t bind me

They just  help to redefine me

And to tell the truth

I don’t care if I ever leave

 

You can take this airline ticket

To a far and distant land

But there’s plenty of adventure

In this place right where I stand

Because the thrills that I’m after

Are your songs and your laughter

And to tell the truth

I don’t care if I ever leave

 

There’s no map that can tell you

And no brochure that can sell you

On the subtle geography

The heart alone perceives

But to reap you must sow it

When you see it you’ll know it

And to tell the truth

I don’t care if I ever leave

 

Instead of up and outward bounding

I’m content with my surroundings

For it’s here I find the friends and things

That mean so much to me

So it ain’t so surprising

That it’s here that my heart lies

And to tell the truth

I don’t care if I ever leave

 

©1991 Pamela Cardullo Ortiz and Tom Scullen