Released: September 18, 1978
Songwriter: Charlie Smalls
Producer: Tom Bahler Quincy Jones
When I think of home, I think of a place
Where there's love overflowing
I wish I was home, I wish I was back there
With the things I been knowing
Wind that makes the tall grass bend into leaning
Suddenly the raindrops that fall have a meaning
Sprinklin' the scene, makes it all clean
Maybe there's a chance for me to go back there
Now that I have some direction
It would sure be nice to be back home
Where there's love and affection
And just maybe I can convince time to slow up
Giving me enough time in my life to grow up
Time be my friend, let me start again
Suddenly my world has changed it's face
But I still know where I'm going
I have had my mind spun around in space
And yet I've watched it growing
If you're listening God
Please don't make it hard to know
For us to believe in the things that we see
Tell us should we run away
Or should we try and stay?
Or would it be better just to let things be?
Living here, in this brand new world
Might be a fantasy
But it taught me to love
So it's real, real to me
And I've learned
That we must look inside our hearts
To find a world full of love
Like yours, like mine, like home
Where there's love overflowing
I wish I was home, I wish I was back there
With the things I been knowing
Wind that makes the tall grass bend into leaning
Suddenly the raindrops that fall have a meaning
Sprinklin' the scene, makes it all clean
Maybe there's a chance for me to go back there
Now that I have some direction
It would sure be nice to be back home
Where there's love and affection
And just maybe I can convince time to slow up
Giving me enough time in my life to grow up
Time be my friend, let me start again
Suddenly my world has changed it's face
But I still know where I'm going
I have had my mind spun around in space
And yet I've watched it growing
If you're listening God
Please don't make it hard to know
For us to believe in the things that we see
Tell us should we run away
Or should we try and stay?
Or would it be better just to let things be?
Living here, in this brand new world
Might be a fantasy
But it taught me to love
So it's real, real to me
And I've learned
That we must look inside our hearts
To find a world full of love
Like yours, like mine, like home
more tracks from the album
Diana Ross Sings Songs from The Wiz
- Home
- Don’t Nobody Bring Me No Bad News
- So You Wanted to Meet the Wizard
- Be a Lion (2015)
- Ease on Down the Road
- Trio Medley: You Can’t Win/Slide Some Oil/(I’m A) Mean Ole Lion
- Soon as I Get Home
- He’s the Wizard
- The Feeling We Once Had
- Is This What Feeling Gets? (Dorothy’s Theme)
- A Brand New Day (Everybody Rejoice)
- Believe in Yourself
From the albums
Diana Ross popular songs
- I’m Coming Out
- Upside Down
- Ain’t No Mountain High Enough
- Ease on Down the Road #1
- It’s Your Move
- If We Hold On Together
- The Boss
- Missing You
- Theme from Mahogany (Do You Know Where You’re Going To)
- When You Tell Me That You Love Me
- Chain Reaction
- He Lives in You
- Love Hangover
- Touch Me in the Morning
- Do You Know Where Youre Going To
- It’s My House
- I’m Still Waiting
- A Brand New Day
- Always and Forever
- If You’re Not Gonna Love Me Right (Crenshaw Records version)
- Once in the Morning
- That’s How You Start Over
- Love Me (Japanese quadraphonic edition)
- Ain’t Nothin’ But a Maybe