Dear Old House That I Grew Up In

Dear old house that i grew up in

I know that i'll leave you any day

Dear old house that i grew up in

Can't you find a way to make em 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 umbrella

And every creak of every floorboard

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 i grew up in

I've never really been in love

You took my heart when i was a child

Noises wrapped around my little body like a winter glove

You're just a random set of objects

In a town thats filled with sadness

In the armpit of the world

You're chopped down trees and rotting soil

And if i wanted to i'd keep you

I'd fill you up and eat you

With the market how it is, amanda

Well you know, the price of oil

Goodbye stairs, and goodbye stars on painted walls at home

Attic door, and banister, i'll miss you most of all

You were supposed to keep me safe

This wasnt supposed to end

Does it sound rediculous

To call you my best friend?

Dear old house that i grew up in

I know i haven't visited that much

But, every lifeless hotel and apartment i walk into

Just reminds me of the doorknobs that i want to touch

I won't miss you, when they sell you

To some evil yuppie couple

With the child who'll put miley cyrus posters in my bedroom

I am a native of the north

I am a rockstar on the road

I am now permanently located in each place i am known

But it doesnt feel like anywhere

When you can't go back home

Dear old house that i grew up in

I know it isn't your fault this panned out,

Please don't take it personally