Song Description

Story About an old house

Lyrics

these walls

Built in 1921
from plaster wood and stone
Anyone who entered in
would surely feel at home
This house was filled with laughter
a shelter from our fears
My fondest memories
were living in those years

In the fall of '48
She took on my father's name
The markings in the archway
still show when the children came
Upstairs down the hallway
is the way to my old room
Once we tried to paint it with
the stars, the sun, the moon

CHORUS
If these walls could talk
the stories they would tell
From the ceiling in the attic
to the cellar
You can come in
through the back door
or right up the front walk
Oh what if these walls could talk

Summer 1969
on a balmy east coast night
While we were gathered
on the back porch
I got the scare of my life
The smell of something burning
I could hear my mother shout
We all ran into the kitchen
to try and put the fire out

CHORUS
BRIDGE
For almost 80 years
She's been a landmark in this town
But lately it' so quiet here
You can almost hear the sounds ... of these walls

Written by Hugh James Hardman & Karen Tobin

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