Lyrics

I’ve watched the sun fall in an ocean
Seen city lights from way up high
Drove roads that followed coastlines
Under every shade of sky
I thought I knew what beautiful was
I’d seen enough to know
Then I came around that old familiar bend
And there it was below

I’d forgotten how pretty home was
How the mountains meet the blue
How the evening lays across the water
Like it always used to do
Funny how you have to leave sometimes
To see what you once saw
I thought I’d seen the prettiest places
I’d forgotten how pretty home was

The pines were standing where I left them
That old road still knew my name
There was snow up on the high ground
And the lake still caught the rain
Every mile brought back a memory
I didn’t know I’d missed
A thousand little pieces of my life
I thought I’d left behind me there

I’d forgotten how pretty home was
How the mountains meet the blue
How the evening lays across the water
Like it always used to do
Funny how you have to leave sometimes
To see what you once saw
I thought I’d seen the prettiest places
I’d forgotten how pretty home was

Maybe home gets more beautiful
The farther that you roam
Maybe pretty isn’t only what you see
Maybe some of it is knowing
There’s a place where you belong
And realizing it was waiting there for me

I’d forgotten how pretty home was
Till it came back into view
Those mountains wrapped around the water
Under that old familiar blue
I’ve seen sunsets on distant shores
And I’m grateful for them all
But nothing ever looked quite like that moment
When I remembered how pretty home was

Yeah, I’d seen a world of beautiful
I’d just forgotten how pretty home was