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Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Cat Stevens
Songwriter
Del Newman
String Arranger
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Paul Samwell-Smith
Producer
Lyrics
I built my house from barley rice
Green pepper walls and water ice
Tables of paper wood, windows of light
And everything emptying into white
A simple garden with acres of sky
A brown haired dogmouse if one dropped by
Yellow Delanie would sleep well at night
With everything emptying into white
A sad blue eyed drummer rehearses outside
A black spider dancing on top of his eye
Red legged chicken stands ready to strike
With everything emptying into white
I built my house from barley rice
Green pepper walls and water ice
And everything emptying into white
Writer(s): Yusuf Islam
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