Old Number 39

The house that we once lived in the address down letters fall
New houses filled the empty lots where none had been before
I stop the car outside the gate with its faded for sale sign
Neglected and deserted still old number 39
Oak trees that line the driveway now shady and so high
Gave the old home some protection from the gaze of passers-by
For fifty years of memories and the smell of rusty pine
I hammered every nail myself at old number 39
And the sound of children's laughter make the daydream come alive
With arms there reached to great me when I come home after five
From the sights and smiles and sounds within to the washing on the line
A woman's hands have held the dreams at old number 39

Shutters close the windows like eyes that could not see
The paint had peeled from weather boards for the want of TLC
Its strange how houses fall apart when they've lost their heart and sole
Where once was so warm and so homely now so empty bare and cold
And the sound of children's laughter make the daydream come alive
With arms there reached to great me when I come home after five
But 'I'll leave it with its memories so one new will come in time
and breath new life again into old number 39
Yes I'll leave it with its memories so one new will come in time
and breath new life again into old number 39