Carrie Underwood - Temporary Home Lyrics

Little boy, six years old
A little too used to being alone
Another new mom and dad, another school
Another house, that'll never be home
When people ask him how he likes this place
He looks up and says with a smile upon his face

This is my temporary home, it's not where I belong
Windows and rooms that I'm passing through
This is just a stop on the way to where I'm going
I'm not afraid because I know this is my temporary home

Young mom on her own
She needs a little help, got nowhere to go
She's looking for a job, looking for a way out
'Cause a halfway house will never be a home
At night she whispers to her baby girl
Someday we'll find our place here in this world

This is our temporary home, it's not where we belong
Windows and rooms that we're passing through
This is just a stop on the way to where we're going
I'm not afraid because I know this is our temporary home

Old man, hospital bed
The room is filled with people he loves
And he whispers
"Don't cry for me, I'll see you all someday"
He looks up and says "I can see God's face"

This is my temporary home, it's not where I belong
Windows and rooms that I'm passing through
This was just a stop on the way to where I'm going
I'm not afraid because I know this was my temporary home
This is our temporary home

• Vicki Wood

  This is an emotional song...before my mom was sick I listened to this quite a bit...it was too hard to listen to the last months before my mom passed..once again, with tears, I can listen through the entire song...it's a great one!

• Anita Louras Hill

  I sat on my couch holding my sons ashes, he passed away in February of 2004, the month after my sweet mother went to be with the Lord. The saying on his urn says, "I am with you always!" Thank you Carrie for writng such a sweet song.

• Gabrielle M Clewis

  when I hear it, it always my me cry.

• Sylvia Boyd

  My 23 year old son passed away on June 16th 2011 & we learned through his facebook posts that he loved this song (as did I). A friend sang it for us yesterday to begin his funeral service. I came to this site to print the lyrics for his elderly grandparents who because of their ages and hearing couldn't hear the lyrics. Three other songs were sung as well that were my son's favorites...the lyrics to all three, especially "The Man I Want To Be.

• Ashley Stolebarger

  me too

• Ashley Stolebarger

  Thank you for telling me to listen to this:)

• Danyelle Storm

  this is a great song i love it! but it makes me cry!

• Anonymous

  My young daughter, Jennifer Lynn Johnson, died Nov. 16, 2010, of a heart attack. Quite unexpectedly. As we were gathering her personal effects, her cell phone rang and her ringtone was "This Is My Temporary Home." My first thought was, "how prophetic." Those words are what we are having etched on the slab at her final resting place, changing "Is" to "Was." Her headstone is a heart.

• Anonymous

  I love this song its my alltime favorite:) carrie you are amazing and I love vyou for that

• Anonymous

  Hi My name is Mariah Barton, Im 15 Years old. I love this song. It brings back things that i have been through with my family. i am your BIGGEST Fan EVER!!! you inspire me to sing!!!

• Anonymous

  I LLLLLLOOOOVVVVVVEEEEEE you carrie!!!!I can't say I'm your biggest fan but I love your music!!! This song is so touching it made me cry!

• brooklyn

  hi carrie i am 12 years old i thank you so much for this song this song has really given me strength for wat is going on in my life see my mom and dad died in a car crash with me in there when i was 11 i just turned 12. I had to watch my mom and dad die in pain i thank you so much for this song you have helped me not forget were my parents are and there wonderful time on earth now i live in a foster home you know wat i really miss it is my moms cooking mmm it was the best ever lol i just want to give you a huge reminder that you are an inspiring person to me and alot more people thankyou so much :) YOUR AWESOME my name is brooklyn

• Anonymous

  i am your number one fan and this song touches me and i can't even sing it without boo hooing! i love you carrie, keep it up girlfriend!

• Anonymous

  i might be young and i dont understand alot but for my age im very mutureand i have went threw bad spots in my life an when i herd this song i prayed to god and asked him 2 thing 1.when i grow old will heaven be my perminett home 2.will it be soon i see your face and then tears rolled down my face and the last words i said will i ever be like carrie

• Anonymous

  this is a good song it make me think whats goin on in my life i cry everyday when i haerd this song i think what i have and i atick with it

• Anonymous

  Personally this song when shee talks bout the old man in the hospital room. And watching the music vidrso my eyes cause it reminds me of my grandpa:) who passed away.
  BaileyJO Cornish Sedro woolley Wa
  2/26/2010

• Anonymous

  this is such an amazing song...i cry every time i hear it because me, my mom and my brothers move from place to place a lot and when me and my mom were listening to the song, it was her first time hearing it sand she cried...i cried woth her and told her,"this is our temporary home, its not where we belong, windows and rooms that we're passing through. this is just a stop, on the way to where we're going, im not afraid cause this is our temporary home."

• Anonymous

  this song is beautiful people should hear it. it brings tears to your eyes and evrytime i hear it i want to cry it makes you heart full of love.it was so amazing how you cn sing i love you and i love to sing.but keep up the good work

• Anonymous

  This song brings alot of thought to the table. Three different lives each touched by the same phrase in three different ways. Carrie's voice really brings out the emotion of the lives involved. I love the boldness and determination of the young mother, the soft spoken words of the innocent boy, and the complete, resigned life of the older man. What great musical talent she has been given. Thank you for allowing me to enjoy music this way.

• Anonymous

  i love this song. first time i heard it i feel in love with it. :)) great job carrie! your amazing!!

• Anonymous

  Thanks for this song. I'm a really old timer and this reminder sets just the right tone so that one can focus on the real meaning of why we are here. Actually, I don't believe in reincarnation but in the event that I'm wrong, I want to come back as a country and western singer. Things were different when I was young and where I grew up. Following a path of what you wanted to do was just not a possibility. It's wonderful that young people today have the opportunities available to them that they can do what they want.
  
  Who knows? Maybe I can still be a country singer before I meet my maker!!!
  
  Thank you for this lovely, stirring song.