From the recording Electric Blue Dandelion - Nashville Sessions
Interwoven guitar and accordion lines create an immediate feeling of warmth and familiarity that provides a rich background for a lush and welcoming lead vocal. Like a Norman Rockwell picture, the song creates an easy resonance tinged with a warm sense of nostalgia and intimacy. Background vocals enter to provide additional depth and dynamic movement. The song returns to the interwoven counterpoint of guitar and accordion to provide a gentle and relaxed outro.
Lyrics
Thanksgiving (Feel Like Home) - Nashville Sessions
Words and Music by Laurie Raveis
A Thanksgiving without family
I met you at a table of friends
I was closed and raw emotionally
seemed this heaviness might never end
You kept smiling in a sweet, shy way
then you said something so damn silly
our eyes caught the same sun ray
we were too unknowing still
I saw you months later on
I was surprised to see the world drop around you
We sat and talked, and carried on
leaning into the truth
And I knew, I knew, I knew, I knew you before
And I knew, I knew, I knew, I knew you
Yeah, you feel like home
Baby you feel like home
Oh, you feel like home to me
By the ocean, wrapped up stars
Dissolving you and me into the air and sky above
A discovery of who we are
Such a mystery, love
And I knew, I knew, I knew, I knew you before
And I knew, I knew, I knew, I knew you
You feel like home
Yea, you feel like home
Oh, feel like home to me