If foundations made of stone can turn to dust
Then the hardest hearts of steel can turn to rust
Home Ain’t Where His Heart Is (Anymore) is my Desert Island Shania Twain song. My music appreciation for this song is so steeped and unwavering. I wouldn’t flinch putting this song in my favourite 10 Country songs of all time. I don’t know how many times I’ve heard it, but it’s a lot. And every time I hear it, I fall in love with it all over again. This song makes you feel heartbroken even if your heart hasn’t been broken. To me lyrically and instrumentally Home Ain’t Where His Heart Is drips this pure ‘Country’ essence. And can we just talk about harmonies!? It really is a privilege to hear this calibre of music and if someone like Shania upsets the country ‘puritan’ apple cart by going commercial afterwards, I don’t really care because anyone who can pull this off deserves to do whatever the hell they want to do.
I might be in a small club in my lofty estimation of this song since it was the seventh single from Twain’s album The Woman In Me and the first to not reach the top 20 on the country chart, but I make no apologies for my unflappable adoration of it. It will always remain a masterpiece to me and demonstrate Shania at the pinnacle of her country music powers.
[Verse 1]
He knew how to reach me deep inside
And he found a part of me I could not hide
And we’d walk and talk and touch tenderly
Then he’d lay me down and make love to me
[Verse 2]
We built a love so strong it couldn’t break
There was not a road we were afraid to take
And we’d kiss all the way from Arkansas to Rome
‘Cause in each other’s arms, we were home sweet home
[Pre-Chorus 1]
But he don’t feel the same
Since our lives became
Years of bills, babies and chains
[Chorus]
Oh, home ain’t where his heart is anymore
He may hang his hat behind our bedroom door
But he don’t lay his head down to love me like before
Home ain’t where his heart is anymore (read the remainder here)
Home Ain’t Where His Heart Is was written by Twain and her then-husband Robert John “Mutt” Lange. It also serves as the opening track to The Woman in Me. Billboard reviewed the song favorably, calling it a “powerfully affecting ballad” and praising Twain’s “sensitive treatment.”
Shania Twain has sold over 100 million records, making her one of the best-selling music artists of all time and the best-selling female artist in country music history.
References:
1. Home Ain’t Where His Heart Is (Anymore) – Wikipedia
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She is wonderful…
This song always leaves in me in state of absolute awe. It’s as close to the perfect Country love ballad that I’ve had the good fortune to hear. My daughter Katherine and I were reenacting over the weekend the exquisitely delivered ‘Home’ line..her Shania and I the male accompaniment. We had fun.
Sweet. Sounds like fun. Great kids Matt. You are very fortunate. Enjoy them…
Thanks man, that’s so nice of you to say.
I was not familiar with this song, but it’s a deeply affecting one for sure. What now makes it all the more poignant is the fact that Mutt Lange ended up having an affair with Shania’s best friend, a betrayal that broke her heart and ended their marriage.
Your astute recollection of their breakup in connection with this song is a necessary addendum to this post, so thank you friend.
I should caveat that by adding I had seen on my YT feed an interview with Shania commenting on the failed marriage, but I tend to shy away from getting down into weeds of artists personal baggage and former relations. But given what occurred, your having brought this up in light of the song and subject matter is more than appropriate and pertinent.