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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 that's 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 heat you

 with the market how it is, Amanda

 well you know, the price of ... oil

-maj

Goodbye stairs, and goodbye stars on painted walls at home

-maj

attic door, and banister, I’ll miss you most of all

-maj

you were supposed to keep me safe, this wasn't supposed to end

-maj

does it sound ridiculous, 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 doesn't 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, PS,

 Tell the evil yuppie couple

When I'm rich, I'll buy you back.