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Intro

We moved into a house in Tennessee

 From the California desert where we did not wanna be

 Where the grass was high and the rivers green the sky was always blue

 It was 1982 the world was still brand new

 Oh the front door to that house was very strong

 As long as we were living there I knew nothing could go wrong

 So we had our kids we made our lives work out the best we could

 Behind that ol' piece of wood in a world we understood

 That ol' door was always open, that ol' door was never closed

 That ol' door was our protection when the need arose

 That ol' door was ever faithful, that ol' door was ever strong

 That ol' door was there to open up and welcome me back home

 Welcome me back home

We never knew how good we get it there

So we went right on living like we didn't have a care

And when the only thing that mattered didn't matter after all

And the writin' on the wall said we're headed for a fall

That ol' door was always open that ol' door was standing guard

That ol' door was there to witness when the times were hard

That ol' door was ever faithul that ol' door was in our bones

That ol' door was there to open up and welcome me back home

Intro

Sometimes when the leaves blow down the track

Something deep inside of me bring all those mem'ries back

And that door comes round to haunt me with those chiseled marks that show

Just how much a kid can grow in a world still moving slow

That ol' door was always open... + Verse 1