Suitcase Of Names

[Verse 1]
I packed my shirt sleeves
And my old address
I found a one-way
Under all that mess

I traced the map line
With a shaking hand
Wanted a clean break
A different land

[Pre-Chorus]
But every small thing
Has a weight of its own
A cracked blue mug
A place I called home

And your laugh still hangs
In the hall by the door
Like a nail in the wall
I can’t pull out anymore

[Chorus]
I can go far
I can go far
But I can’t move
What made me who I am

I can change towns
I can change names
But I can’t carry
Every heart in a bag

I can go far
I can go far
Still some of me
Stays where it began

[Verse 2]
My mother’s numbers
On a paper scrap
Folded in my wallet
Like a map back

That little grocery
On the corner by the bank
The waiter who still says
“Same as always” with a wink

[Pre-Chorus]
You can sell the couch
You can ship the books
But not the first room
That taught you how to look

Not the years of rain
On the same front step
Not the names you wear
Long after you left

[Chorus]
I can go far
I can go far
But I can’t move
What made me who I am

I can change towns
I can change names
But I can’t carry
Every heart in a bag

I can go far
I can go far
Still some of me
Stays where it began

[Bridge]
So let the ocean call
Let the engine hum
I’ll learn a new tongue
On a new road home

But the child I was
In my quiet street
Walks beside me still
With scuffed-up feet

[Final Chorus]
I can go far
I can go far
But I can’t move
What made me who I am

I can change towns
I can change names
But I can’t carry
Every heart in a bag

I can go far
I can go far
Still some of me
Stays where it began

[Outro]
So I’ll leave the door
And I’ll leave the shore
But the life I built
Will come with me
And more