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                     | A piece of pure, wrenching pathos, this song is sung by the Hunchback as he prepares to join his beloved Esmeralda in
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                              |   A Place
                                    Called Home (music and lyrics by Rainey) 
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                              |  (Sung by the Hunchback:)
 A place where one is safe
 From every wrong
 A place called home
 A
                                    place that no one else
 Can call their own
 A place called home
 Home can mean so many different things
 Especially
 To those like me
 Those who've never known
 Who've never had
 Anything like home
 
 A house
 Isn't nearly the same
 Just a sheltering stop
 To get out of the rain
 Or a room
 Or some refuge
                                    apart
 No, a home is a place
 Where a man keeps his heart
 
 To find a place to stay
 The heart must
                                    go
 And give itself away
 If it's ever to belong
 Ever to find, find its own way home
 
 Once, I
                                    was only a wanderer
 Not finding rest or company
 Knowing the loneliness wouldn't cease
 Till I lay down
 My soul to keep
 
 At home, I've found my home
 My place to rest
 That I can call my own
 Where
                                    I won't have to hide
 From anyone
 My very own sweet home
 At last my heart
 Has found its home sweet
                                    home
 At last I've found
 The place that I'll call home
 
 
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