What smells like home

                             Essence of Nanny's home
                 The scent of vanilla, fluffy blankets and pillows
                             Books and fields of grass
                               Things from years ago
                           But my memories still last

                            And where I grew up
                               Even more books
                                   Cats, dogs
                              An excellent meal
                          The scent of the rain
                       Through leaks in our roof
                              It's still the same

                          The scent of home
                          I can't quite trace
                        I've smelled it before
                 But I couldn't name the time or place
                    
                       The antique store
                 With china and wooden furniture
                      The lovely gardens
                    With flowers of lovely hue
                     Is it the smell of the rain?
                         Or of an ocean
                      Wind passing through

                         But when I'm lonely
                           When I was sad
                  I hid it like an actress on cue
                       But that went away
                    Maybe for a moment
                     I was no longer blue  
                         I was dancing      
                       That was home    
                   When we were dancing
                  And I had the scent of you