House For Sale

Last thing I wanted

Was to end up like this

An old man running

Away from his kids

Tell-tale neighbors

Bust my block

What I feared is clear

Write me back

And rescue me

Everyone has their day

In jail

Hold me down

Around your corner

Tell me something

You have won

Sign outside reads

House for sale

Keep me running

Down by law

My mind is made up

I won't lose it again

The last time I feared him

And now I hide within

I used to be a singer

Retired pen in hand

But now they want

To turn me into a fighter

And right fight

I will show they're fooling

Hold me down

Around your corner

Tell me something

You have won

The sign outside reads

House for sale

Keep me running

Down by law

Can't think that

I'm old man

Make love two or three times

Instead of trying to push me

Why don't they befriend?

I brought up five children

They played in my backyard

But now they wanna turn her

Into a garden

And run me out

To some apartment

Hold me down

Around your corner

Tell me something

You have won

Well I have found

A house for sale

Keep me running

Down the inside

And it ain't mine

To criticize

And it ain't mine

To jeopardize

And it ain't mine

To fear your life

The sign outside reads

House for sale

I staked my claim

And will remain