Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros are an American indie folk band formed in Los Angeles, California in 2007. Led by lead vocalist Alex Ebert, the group features a revolving lineup of up to 12 people. It began as a collaboration between Ebert and singer Jade Castrinos as part of a musical collective. Ebert's live persona and the band's name are based on the protagonist of a story he wrote, a messianic figure named Edward Sharpe. Drawing from roots rock, folk, gospel, and psychedelic music, the band's image and sound evoke the hippie movement of the 1960s and 1970s. The group's first show was played July 18, 2007 at The Troubadour in West Hollywood, California. Their first studio album, Up from Below, was released on July 7, 2009 on Community Records and featured the popular single "Home". Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros released their second full-length album, Here, on May 29, 2012. Their third album, Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros, was released on July 23, 2013.

The song came in at number 73 on Australian radio station Triple J's 100 hottest songs of the past 20 years.

Alabama, Arkansas
I do love my ma and pa
Not the way that I do love you

Holy Moley!, me, oh my...
You're the apple of my eye
Girl I've never loved one like you

Man, oh man you're my best friend
I scream it to the nothingness
There ain't nothing that I need

Well, hot and heavy pumpkin pie
Chocolate candy, Jesus Christ
Ain't nothing please me more than you

Ah, home, let me go home
Home is wherever I'm with you
Ah home, let me come home
Home is wherever I'm with you

Take me home
Mother, I'm coming home

I'll follow you into the park
Through the jungle through the dark
Girl I never loved one like you

Moats and boats and waterfalls
Alleyways and pay phone calls
I've been everywhere with you

That's true
Laugh until we think we'll die
Barefoot on a summer night
Never could be sweeter than with you

And in the streets you're running free
Like it's only you and me
Jeez! you're something to see

Ah home, let me go home
Home is wherever I'm with you
Ah home, let me come home
Home is wherever I'm with you

Take me home
Daddy, I'm coming home

- Jade
- Alexander
- Do you remember that day you fell out of my window?
- I sure do, you came jumping out after me.
- Well, you fell on the concrete, nearly broke your ass
and you were bleeding all over the place and
I rushed you out to the hospital, you remember that?
- Yes I do.
- Well there's something I never told you about that night.
- What didn't you tell me?
- While you were sitting in the backseat
smoking a cigarette you thought was gonna be your last,
I was falling deep, deeply in love with you,
and I never told you till just now

Ah home, let me go home
Home is wherever I'm with you
Ah home, let me come home
Home is where I'm alone with you

Home, let me come home
Home is wherever I'm with you

Ah home, yes I am home
Home is when I'm alone with you

Alabama, Arkansas
I do love my ma and pa
Moats and boats and waterfalls
Alleyways and pay phone calls

Ah home, let me go home
Home is wherever I'm with you
Ah home, let me come home
Home is where I'm alone with you

MA: Mom, mother, mummy.

PA: Dad, daddy, father.

YOU'RE THE APPLE OF MY EYE: You're very important to me. You're my world.

MOATS: /məʊt/  A deep, broad ditch, either dry or filled with water, that surrounds a castle, other building or town.

BOATS: /bəʊt/ A watercraft of any size designed to float or plane, to work or travel on water.

WATERFALLS: /wɔ:təfɔ:l/ Place where water flows over a vertical drop. A cascade of falling water.

ALLEYWAYS: /ælɪweɪ/ A narrow passage. Alley.

BAREFOOT: /bɜ:əfʊt/  With the feet uncovered. Is the state of not wearing any footwear. Many people don't wear footwear in their home.

JEEZ: /dʒi:z/ .  Jesus Christ  /dʒi:zəs kraɪst/.

CONCRETE: /kɒnkri:t/  A construction material made of a mixture of cement, sand, stone and water.

ALL OVER THE PLACE:  Everywhere.