Home in Your Heart
Solomon Burke Lyrics


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Don't you know I got to find me a home
Right now in your heart

I'll travel over miles and down the highways, babe
Through the valleys every byway
Just to find me a home right now in your heart

I'll bring you to the music, refueling
Everything you want to
Everything you need babe
Just to have me a home right now in your heart

Baby I'll travel for you over miles and
Through the valley babe
Down all the highways
Through the valleys honey
Just to find me a home right now in your heart

I gotta, gotta, gotta have it baby
Gotta find me a home




I've got to have a big beautiful home
Somewhere in your heart

Overall Meaning

Solomon Burke’s 1962 hit “Home in Your Heart” is a passionate declaration of intense love. It describes a quest for love and a longing for the warmth and security of a home in the heart of the person he loves. Burke’s lyrics express a yearning that goes beyond finding just any home or shelter, but instead finding refuge and belonging in the heart of a lover.


The opening lines of the song, “Don't you know I got to find me a home / Right now in your heart,” reveal the depth of the singer’s desire for love and a relationship. The lyrics evoke a powerful image of the lengths that the singer is willing to travel, the risks he is willing to take to find a home in the heart of his lover. He describes going over miles and down highways, through valleys and byways, all with the singular goal of finding a home. The repeated refrain of “I’ll travel for you over miles and through the valley babe / Down all the highways through the valleys honey / Just to find me a home right now in your heart” reinforces this image of a restless, relentless search for a place of belonging.


The final lines of the song – “I gotta, gotta, gotta have it baby / Gotta find me a home / I’ve got to have a big beautiful home / Somewhere in your heart” – serve as a powerful climax to the song’s emotional intensity. The singer not only desires love, but he needs it in order to truly feel at home. Burke’s song is a testament to the enduring power of love as a source of comfort and stability in a sometimes unpredictable world.


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Line by Line Meaning

Don't you know I got to find me a home
I need to find a place where I belong and feel loved


Right now in your heart
I need to find that place within your love and affection


I'll travel over miles and down the highways, babe
I'll go to great lengths and endure challenges to find my place with you


Through the valleys every byway
I will face the hardships and obstacles that come my way


Just to find me a home right now in your heart
I am willing to do whatever it takes to make your love my home


I'll bring you to the music, refueling
I want to share my passion and love with you, replenishing your soul


Everything you want to
I will give you everything that you desire


Everything you need babe
I will fulfill all your needs, darling


Baby I'll travel for you over miles and
My journey to find my home with you is for you, my love


Through the valley babe
I will face adversity gladly if it means being with you


Down all the highways
I will go wherever you lead me, no matter the distance


Through the valleys honey
I will be steadfast in my journey to be with you


Just to find me a home right now in your heart
My ultimate goal is to be with you and find a home in your heart


I gotta, gotta, gotta have it baby
I am eager and desperate to find my place of belonging with you


Gotta find me a home
I need to find a place of love and security


I've got to have a big beautiful home
I desire a large and magnificent love where I can fully thrive


Somewhere in your heart
I hope to find my home and my love within your heart




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Written by: OTIS BLACKWELL, WINFIELD SCOTT

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Jerome Pudwill

One of the most perfect singles I've ever heard. Incredible vocal, great lyrics, killer back-up band, knock out back-up singers, brilliant arrangement. It just doesn't get much better than this!

Jerome Pudwill

Yeah, I sincerely doubt if they had any charts. The movie The Wrecking Crew gives a pretty good ideas of how sessions worked on the West Coast.

And the documentary movie Muscle Shoals, about a group Wexler worked with, reinforces that same impression.

And from some of the clips I've seen about the Brill Building and Phil Spector, I didn't get the feeling they worked with a whole helluva lotta charts. Just conjecture on my part, but that's what it looked like – even though I can't imagine the Wall Of Sound orchestra functioning without them.

Also, as depicted in the movie Ray, it looks like Atlantic seemed to run quite a bit on improvisation . . . but then again, that was just a movie.

Harold Fethe

I've read interviews with Wexler talking about his hands on style of running recording sessions. He would have been my first guess. the impression I had was that he was more of a producer with a great ear. did the band have charts? maybe not. R&B bands often work out arrangements by ear. thanks!

Jerome Pudwill

Funny you should ask! I also tried tracking this info down and could not find anything that was absolutely definitive. But everything I came up with pointed to Jerry Wexler of Atlantic Records:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Wexler

To learn more about him, see the movies Atlantic Records: The House that Ahmet Built, Muscle Shoals and Respect Yourself: The Stax Records Story. And if you like those, also be sure to check out Tom Dowd And The Language of Music - Dowd worked closely with Wexler at Atlantic and produced tons of great hits and albums.

Harold Fethe

Travis Bickle -Do you know the arranger? I haven't been able to nail it down.

Samoht

I can't get over how much this vocal delivery amazes me

Freddy Sanchez

I won't even lie. That movie, Red, brought me here and I'm grateful for it.

Emanuel Hmingropui

I was looking for this song for many years

no ididnt

Ditto.

jurassicpunk

Wow, I hadn't noticed all of these comments about the film "Red" before. Believe it or not I've never actually seen that film. Is it good? Well, if it has this song in the soundtrack then that's definitely a plus.

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