Keeping House Lyrics

You went away to Stockholm for a weekYou came back with some scratch-marks on your cheeksThe towers line the highway and they cryFrom deep down in their guts until they dieThe wate...Read Full Lyrics

I am hiding in the houseSomeone’s coming through the gateWhen the doorbell sounds like an air-raid sirenI am lying in waitPeople used to come aroundThey fish-eyed and they rubber...Read Full Lyrics

When the villagers come to my door I will hide underneath the table in the dining roomknees drawn to my chestWhen the villagers come to my door I will breathe shallow breaths from ...Read Full Lyrics

A bad dream shook me in my sleepAnd I woke up sweatingRan through the dark to the showerAlready forgettingTry to think good thoughtsTrying to find my way clearLet the room fill wit...Read Full Lyrics

I will rise up early and dress myself up niceAnd I will leave the house and check the deadlock twiceAnd I will find a crowd and blend in for a minuteAnd I will try to find a little...Read Full Lyrics

It was raining outside, so I cleaned house todaySpent half of the morning throwing old things awayTry not to get caught upTry to think like a machineFocus in on the taskTry not to ...Read Full Lyrics

Shadows on the broad lawn canopy of treesSometime after midnight the ground is gonna freezeBirds in the frosty airWhat are they doing there?Greenhouse full of butchers broomsBreeze...Read Full Lyrics

I leave the house as soon as it gets light outsideLike a prisoner breaking out of jailAnd I steal down to business fifteen-five-oh-oneLike I had a bounty hunter on my tailAnd someb...Read Full Lyrics

I went down to the gas stationfor no particular reasonHeard the screams from the high schoolIt's football seasonEmpty lot the station facesWill probably be there foreverI climbed o...Read Full Lyrics

Autumn came around like a drifter to an on-rampThere were wet leaves floating in gutters full of rainTook to walking barefoot around townMelodies from gradeschool kicking in my bra...Read Full Lyrics