Journeys - There's No Place Like Home

My study partner from Partners in Torah introduced me to a Jewish musician named Abie Rotenberg. I especially enjoy listening to his "Journeys" albums. There is a song called "There's No Place Like Home" on the Journeys Volume 1 CD. This past year, I listened to that song over and over. The song is obviously about a Jewish person's spiritual search. It could be my journey, but I'm sure it IS the journey of many other Jews.

The second section of this song is the one that really gets to me. The "others" are obviously loving and well-meaning Christians, but yet "something" is pulling me away from them.

 

There is "something" that seems to draw many of us "back."

• Listen to "There's No Place Like Home" - Lyrics and Music by Abie Rotenberg

There's No Place Like Home - Lyrics and Music by Abie Rotenberg

You had searched so long, for the answers and the truth, And they said you'll find it here, with promises of truth. But the long white robes, and the chanting in the streets, It left you cold, your soul still had to seek.  

What you're looking for, is right there at your door, Believe me when I tell you friend, you couldn't ask for more. What your heart has known, is that there is no place like home, So come on back, oh you'll never be alone. 

And when the others came so gently, as peaceful as a dove, They stirred inside something inside of you, they only spoke of love. But what your mind cried out "What of history, the hatred to my race", And you knew then, you still had not found your place. 

 What you're looking for, is right there at your door, Believe me when I tell you friend, you couldn't ask for more. What your heart has known, is that there is no place like home, So come on back, oh you'll never be alone. 

Despairing and confused, you traveled far and wide, But you passed through one small country, where you started feeling pride. So you found a place to study, what you thought was ancient law, And you wished you learned about it all before. Now you can stand up straight and tall, because you're where you want to be No one had it, strong as steel, your faith has set you free. And as you gaze up at that simple wall, your hand upon a stone, You can say the journey's over, I am home. 

 What you're looking for, is right there at your door, Believe me when I tell you friend, you couldn't ask for more. What your heart has known, is that there is no place like home, So come on back, oh you'll never be alone. What you're looking for, is right there at your door, Believe me when I tell you friend, you couldn't ask for more. What your heart has known, is that there is no place like home, So come on back, oh you'll never be alone.