Open House

[ti:Open House] [ar:Steve Forbert] [al:Rocking Horse Head] [by:季风网-【http://www.ip21.cn】] [offset:0] Open House - Steve Forbert Open house now for your fading heart Tell your ghost it's time to hide; Strangers won't know When to stop and start Once they've fin'ly got inside Spir'ling staircase Toward your dusty mind With crates and boxes and Bags and trunks; No one cares What tender dreams they'll find All they'll see up there is junk With silver dollars from a ragdoll's ear And merc'ry dimes for buttons too And flutes and whistles only kids can hear And peacock feathers green and blue Deep depression in a walnut grain Afternoons on rainy days; Once it stacked up well In both your brains And now it's all some purple haze With vandals picking Locks and breaking doors And smashing keepsakes all around; Souvenirs of love and foreign shores And scrapbook pages all unbound It's open house Now for your fading heart Tell your ghost it's time to hide; Strangers won't know When to stop and start Once they've fin'ly got inside Open House - Steve Forbert