Cara Luft - House On Fire lyrics

It was the month of May and all the birds were singing 
Songs of sadness, songs of pain, a song of my house burning 
Future in flames, my heart was aching I called Miriam and asked if she could hold me Headed straight for my car with things that I could carry 
I went to Miriam's, it's not too far, a drive across the city
 Stayed in her yellow room upstairs, window facing east 
Slept all alone in bed, and strange as it seems I wore the bathrobe he gave me last year
 And lay with my sorrow hoping love would appear Eleven days at her house, tears were streaming
 I'd lay down on her couch and Miriam would hold me As evening settled in we'd start talking
 About friendship and our fears and I would play my banjo Playing and laughing and talking and crying
 And asking the questions of why does this happen To me and to you and to everyone over 
Again and again and again and again? It was the month of May this year My house was burning
 So I went to Miriam's, just me and my banjo