Dear old house that grew up in
I know they're going to leave you any day
Dear old house that grew up in
Can't you find a way to make them stay
and all the girls I went to school with
walked downtown with all the cool kids
I was staked out in your cellar
making friends with dead umbrellas
and every creak of every floor board
tells the story of the girl I stuck inside
and if they move away I'll have no place to hide
Dear old house that grew up in
I have never really been in love
you took my heart when I was a child and your
noises wrapped around my little body like a winter glove
you're just a random set of objects
in a town thats filled with saddness
in the armpit of the world
you're chopped down trees and rotting soil
and if I wanted to I'd keep you
and I'd fill you up and heat you
with the market with how it is well you know amanda the price of oil
goodbye stairs and goodbye stars on painted closet wall
attic door and banister I'll miss you most of all
I was supposed to keep you safe this wasn't supposed to end
does it sound ridiculous to call you my best friend
Dear old house that grew up in
I know I haven't visited that much
every lifeless hotel and apartment I walk into just reminds me of doorknobs that I want to touch
and I won't miss you when they sell you
to some evil yuppie couple
with a child who'll put Miley Cyrus posters in my bedroom
I am a native of the globe
I am a rockstar on the road
I am now centrally located anywhere that I am known
but it doesn't feel like anywhere when you can't go back home
Dear old house that grew up in
I know it isn't your fault this went down
so please don't take it personally Love Amander P.S.
tell the evil yuppie couple
when I'm rich
I'll buy them out

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