As I stood in front of the house
As it kneeled in front of me
Where the roof had sorta caved in
Some nails were bared like teeth
And if the doorway was an eye
It held a crooked look of surprise
That we had let it get so far
Down the line
We move on
It's what we do
We try to let go
Of all that we've held onto
Deep down a country road
Where so few ever go
The house kept a silent vigil
For the ones it used to know
But time it did its work
Just like nature and gravity
And they slowly broke her spirit
As they once did with you and me
But luckily…
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But as I stood in front of the house
As it kneeled in front of me
I could see in her broken frame
The way it all used to be
I guess the poverty of our youth
It just went to our heads
But I don't remember the hard times now
I just remember the day you said
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