House By The Creek

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Mama rise on the couch in her old 
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wedding gown
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She turned pale long before the 
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carnival had left town
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She stares at the front porch on 
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the outlook for dad
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''Don't worry, I'll be back in a 
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week'' is the last thing he said
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We all knew he gambled in the 
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city and lost
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Money we didn't have must've be 
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the line that he crossed
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It's been over a year instead of 
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a week
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        Here in our house, our 
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house by the creek.
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        Me and my family live in 
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the Netherlands
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In the house that he build with 
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his bare hands
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My younger brother Jimmy is 
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playing outside
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With his cap gun he tries to shoot
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 planes from the sky
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In his chair by the window sits 
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uncle Fred
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Since he's back from the war there 
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ain't a word he has said
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And Fred calls my sister as she 
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passed away sir
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Sometimes in my dreams I catch up 
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with dad and with her
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What we end up with is not what we
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 seek
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Here in our house, our house by 
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the creek.
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My name is Louis, it's Louis all 
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right
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I play dad's old accordion all day
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 and all night
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I just turned eleven, so I'm still
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 a kid
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But when I grow up I wanna find 
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out what daddy did
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Mister believe me, I was thought 
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not to cry
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And that family should stay 
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together till the day that you die
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Yeah mister believe me, I was 
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thought boys don't cry
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And that the town where you're born
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 is the town where you'll die
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That the town where you're born is
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 where you'll probably die.
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C G F C       C G F C  4x

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What did God wanna show he created
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 man weak
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We don't understand in our house 
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by the creek.