Houses On The Hill Lyrics

Houses On The Hill

well, I found a bunch of letters they were written for the fellow who broke your
momma's heart and the envelope foldssmelled of her ancient perfume  I'll bet
she didn't know how to respond to forty blankets of snow caught him out
wandering alone with no place to go there were stars in the sky there were
houses on the hill there were bottles and pills that were easy to buy to keep
her warm from the oncoming storm  well, I found them in thenorthwest corner of
the attic in a box labeled "Tinsel and Lights" didn't know what I was looking
for maybe just a blanket or artifacts  Eisenhower sent him to war he kept her
picture in his pocketthat was closest to his heart and when he hit shore it
must have been a target for the gunner-men there were stars in the sky there
were bunkers on the hill and there were caskets to fill where he would lie
shrouded in the red, white & blue with the stripes  there were stars in the sky
there were houses on the hill there were bottles and pills that were easy to
buy to keep her warm from the oncoming storm