Wheeler Brothers - Portraits lyrics

rate me

Once you painted pictures in the cold basement you left

Reading Edgar Allen and writing poems about your death

And how you filled the room with empty thoughts is beyond me

Find me dusty, find me dead, but just find me

I need no witnesses to bury this old house

And if you stay with me, well then there ain't no way out

Yes, I'll bury this old house

Sand and sunny skylines used to cure the tougher days

It's funny how the weather can effect the world that way

But when that junk has locked you up and Texas coast is not enough

I want you to think back upon the portraits of your past

I need no witnesses to bury this old house

And if you stay with me, well there ain't no way out

Yes, I'll bury this old house

You and I in this lonely room, With the cold AC and the horid food

Thin sheets and white walls, and that stupid backtie gown

now I read your books for you and I'll paint for you and I'll wait for you

And I'll stay for you, my god we dont have money

I need no witnesses to bury this old house

And if you stay with me, well there ain't no way out

Yes, I'll bury this old house

Bridge-

Well it's broken, it's scattered all across the floor

I try to build it up baby, you're crying on the telephone

Through my bedroom door

And I'm shakin, I'm trying to find a place that I've known

I try to reach out to me, but it's a place I've never been before and no one's home

Thanks to Ash for correcting these lyrics

Thanks to Chris for correcting these lyrics