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Backstory:

The song illustrates the message Mother Teresa often gave--namely, that the poor are everwhere--in this case, the homeless:
the child of divorced parents, the senior citizen, and so many others.

Lyrics:

                                                  
VERSE 1
The teacher took information from St. Mark's third grade class:
"Where do you live?" she asked
The brown-eyed boy in back.
He said, "I'm two days with my Grandma and three days with my Dad,
And two days with my Mother if she ain't feeling bad.
So.."
CHORUS
My home's in Heaven on the Golden Avenus.
Don't know the number yet, but I'll tell you when I do.
Oh, Jesus, Mary Joseph, they're my holy family;
My home's in Heaven; that's the only place for me.
VERSE 2
Down at Pine Rest Nursing Home, in Room 205,
She's 99 and counting; body bent but mind alive.
The social worker asked her, "May I list your address?"
With sparkling eyes she made reply, "Don't say it's Pine Rest,
'Cause...
CHORUS
BRIDGE
Some homeless need a shelter;
Some just need a home.
There's homeless all around us;
They might be among our own,
Who say..
CHORUS