[Verse 1]
Woke up to shouting and slamming doors
Paper plates
Cold cans on the floor
Learned to read from overdue bills
Learned to run from the sound of a drill
First fight at twelve
I was black and blue
Judge said “boy
What’s become of you?”
Bars slammed shut like a bedtime song
Clock on the wall just dragged on and on
[Chorus]
From hell to home
Look at me now
Got a porch light on and I’m proud somehow
Got a big old dog and a woman who stays
Two car garage and we’re saving for days
From hell to home
I almost died
Now the past just rides in the passenger side
I paid my time
Now I’m living this vow
From hell to home
Look at me now (oh yeah)
[Verse 2]
Twenty long years in a concrete suit
Christmas came in a paper bag of fruit
Tattooed names of the ones I lost
Counted each crack till I knew the cost
Met her in a line at a halfway place
She saw more than the number on my case
Said
“I don’t want the boy you were
I want the man who walks out of here”
[Chorus]
From hell to home
Look at me now
Got a porch light on and I’m proud somehow
Got a big old dog and a woman who stays
Two car garage and we’re saving for days
From hell to home
I almost died
Now the past just rides in the passenger side
I paid my time
Now I’m living this vow
From hell to home
Look at me now
[Bridge]
My dog’s on my chest when the bad dreams hit (hey)
She holds my hand
Says “you’re done with it”
I still hear keys and that metal sound
Then I smell her coffee and I come back around
[Chorus]
From hell to home
Look at me now
Got kids’ shoes piled by the door somehow
Got a backyard grill and a squeaky gate
We show up early ‘cause we lived too late
From hell to home
I almost died
But grace sat down in my passenger side
I changed my name in the way I live now
From hell to home
Look at me now