Lawrence O'Keefe - Three Bedroom House lyrics

[MEREDITH] Out! Out! Out! Time to get out! [SHELLEY] Out? [MEREDITH] Out! Gotta just rip out this page Bend the bars of this cage and run free! [SHELLEY] Free? [MEREDITH] Free! No one but Edgar, you and me! Gotta go find him and move on- [BOTH] And be gone before the dawn! [MEREDITH] Gotta get checkbooks [SHELLEY] Checkbooks [MEREDITH] Car keys [SHELLEY] Car keys [MEREDITH] Pa**ports [SHELLEY] Pa**ports [MEREDITH] Then goodbye! [SHELLEY] Toothbrush [MEREDITH] Toothbrush [SHELLEY] Blankets [MEREDITH] Blankets [SHELLEY] Daddy? [MEREDITH] No [SHELLEY] Why? [MEREDITH] Shelley, listen to me What do you do when you blow out a tire? [SHELLEY] Tire? [MEREDITH] Trash it! Some holes you'll never patch [SHELLEY] You'll never patch? [MEREDITH] And who do you save when your house is on fire? [SHELLEY] Fire? [MEREDITH] Don't bring the guy who lit the match! [SHELLEY] Who lit the match! [MEREDITH] So we'll get a post office box And we're gonna change all the locks And we're gonna stay with my cousins a while Then we'll get a three bedroom house With a white picket fence and a gun and a lawyer So smile! Gonna get a homeowner's loan; [SHELLEY] Could... [MEREDITH] Gonna get an unlisted phone; [SHELLEY] Good! [MEREDITH] Gonna get away from this town gone insane! [SHELLEY] Kinda thought they would... [MEREDITH] Then we'll get a three bedroom house [SHELLEY] A beautiful three bedroom house [MEREDITH] Affordable [BOTH] Three bedroom house [MEREDITH] With a great big pit bull on a chain! [SHELLEY] Okay... Okay, Okay, Okay, Okay Right! Right! Right! Mother, you're right! [MEREDITH] Right? [SHELLEY] Right! Still kinda sad that my dad lost what marbles he had But we're free! [MEREDITH] Free! [SHELLEY] Free! I'll get a brand new fake I.D! [MEREDITH] And if we lack for anything I can hock this stupid ring! [BOTH] And we'll get a post office box And we'll get a front gate that locks! [SHELLEY] And we'll get away from those ignorant pigs! [BOTH] And we'll get a three bedroom house! [MEREDITH] A livable three bedroom house [SHELLEY] A lovable [BOTH] Three bedroom house [MEREDITH] And some plastic surgery and wigs! [SHELLEY] For who? [MEREDITH] For all of us... [SHELLEY] Right... [BOTH] And Edgar will soon have [SHELLEY] A garden to walk in [MEREDITH] His own driver's license [SHELLEY] A car- NO! A van! [BOTH] And Edgar will soon have [SHELLEY] A ballroom to dance in [MEREDITH] A good dental plan! [SHELLEY] Cause Edgar will soon have a home... [MEREDITH] Yes, Edgar will soon have a home... [BOTH] A heck of a home! And we'll get a post office box And we'll get a front gate that locks [MEREDITH] And big electrified fence all around! [SHELLEY] Whoa! [MEREDITH] And we'll get a three bedroom house- [SHELLEY] Or even a two bedroom house- [MEREDITH] No, honey a three bedroom house- [SHELLEY, spoken] Mom... do you think Edgar would marry me? [MEREDITH] No, honey a three bedroom house A three bedroom house In a concrete shelter ten feet underground! [SHELLEY, spoken] Mom! I want to marry Edgar! I'm in love with him! [MEREDITH, spoken] No, Shelley [SHELLEY, spoken] What? [MEREDITH, spoken] You're not in love with Edgar! [SHELLEY, spoken] Yes, I am, Mom. I love him so much. And I want to be with him forever- [MEREDITH, spoken] No, Shelley! It's hideous! It's not right! [SHELLEY, spoken] You're just like the rest of them! [MEREDITH, spoken] You don't understand- Shelley! NO! [MEREDITH] What about the three bedroom house? The three bedroom house! Who do you save when your house is on fire... Your house Is On Fire... Your house Is On Fire!