This house   Called us on the other coast   It knew that we’d become a ghost   It said as far as it could tell   We should come out and stay a spell   And it took us in with open arms   High above the lights and car alarms   Of the carnival that can’t be killed   This house upon the hill      This house   Sends me to the streets below   To go and play another show   But it loves it when we come home fine   To drink another bottle of wine   And it makes our bed upon the porch   Under starlight’s silver torch   And it stays up when I can’t sleep   Cause it knows I’ve got a plan to keep      This house   Is going to take the fall for me   While I walk away free      The house   Has seen it all done before   Had a hundred people through its door   And it knows we’re not getting young   But it wants our song to be sung   And it’s sad that we’ve got to go   Though I told it we’ll be back, I know   And I hope it will be standing still   This house upon the hill