Temporary Home

Pernah dengar sebuah lagu yang didendangkan dengan sepenuh jiwa? Malam ini saya mendengarnya. Entah siri American Idol siri yang ke berapa, tika melayan mata yang hendak lena saya terpaku mendengar lagu Carrie Underwood ; Temporary Home dinyanyikan oleh Paris Tassin. Memukau! Memang dia menyanyikannya dengan sepenuh hati. Ibu tunggal yang memelihara anak istimewa ini juga membuat juri cantik Jennifer Lopez menitiskan airmata, lalu tidak salah kalau saya juga menangis tersedu-sedu mendengarnya.

Little boy, 6 years old
A little too used to bein' 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 passin' 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 lookin' for a job, lookin' for a way out,
Because a half-way 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 passin' 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 passin' 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.