House Of The Hill Lyrics - Kevin Coyne

Well I'm going to the house upon the hill , the place where they give you pills 

The rooms are always chilled, they're never cosy 

Where they give three suits a year and at Christmas time a bottle of beer 

And at Easter time the mayor comes round, he's always smiling 

Where the old ladies sit by the garden wall and they never hear the bluebird call 

Never notice the leaves that fall cause they're all crazy 

Where the red bus stands by the great big gate 

The red bus that's always late, you know why it's always late 

Cause it's always empty 

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Funny, funny, funny, funny, oh so funny that's it's making me cry 

Funny, funny, funny, funny, oh so funny Lord, sometimes I wish I could die. 

Now this pagan life is getting me down, my brow is filled with a furl and a frown 

My eyelids lower as low as can be but I'm not sleeping 

I wander round that Brixton Square with the bottles strewn everywhere 

Under tables and under chairs and they're all broken 

Where the big red face of the man on the beat 

Says Hey, have you had someting to eat? 

Thrusts out his yellow teeth, they're all for biting 

Where I don't have a cent and I don't know how I'll pay the rent 

I think I'll turn bent and make some money 

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So if you know a way I can go from out of this show you know 

You could give me a golden glow but you're not trying 

You'd never lift a regular hand, you call me a lazy man 

Who on earth will ever understand I'm really trying 

So I'm going to the house upon the hill , the place where they give you pills 

And where the doctors they don't kill cause they're so friendly 

Where the red bus stands by the great big gate 

The red bus and it's always late, you know why it's always late 

Because it's always empty 

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