it was a warm louisiana night   december of 2005   i was different then, i was just a kid   i was making the same mistakes      and i will hold on, to home   cause it's where my heart will be   and i will hold on, to her   cause she's missing everything      i was sweating when i made my break   with my broken heart, to the interstate   it's so different now, but i drive somehow   and i'm making the same mistakes      and i will hold on, to home   cause it's where my heart will be   and i will hold on, to her   cause she's missing everything      it was a grey california sky   not a bird or a tree or a smile in sight   she's got one son gone, and the other's on   his way to meet me here      and i will hold on, to home   cause it's where my heart will be   and i will hold on, to her   cause she's missing everything