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Probably the song that has taken me the longest to write. I had the chorus for about 15 years before I could come up with anything else that I liked. One day I played the E augmented chord that starts the song off, and the whole thing just came pouring out of me. Loosely based on my parents ugly divorce when I was twelve years old.

House For Sale

Leave the grease and grime and erect a sign.
Drive it straight through my heart then you drive away the car.
Without me without you, things have come unglued,
And I get the feeling the ceiling’s falling in on me...

In this house for sale in a very pleasant neighbourhood.
There’s a house for sale, you know I’d stay if I could.
But there’s just too many bad memories that hit me rough,
‘Cause there was never any love in this house for sale.

No electricity just like between you and me.
I’m in the dark with my ears, sounds like I’ve been there for years.
Now with eyes wide open I see a happy home that’s broken,
And I get the feeling the ceiling’s coming down on me...

In this house for sale in a very pleasant neighbourhood.
There’s a house for sale, you know I’d stay if I could.
But there’s just too many bad memories that hit me rough,
“Cause there was never any love in this house for sale.

You need a change of address.
I need a change from this stress.
Home is where the heart... home is where the heart...
Home is where the heart attack is!

Without you, without me, the white picket fence is peeling,
And I cannot stop this feeling oh no, oh no!

In a house for sale in a very pleasant neighbourhood.
There’s a house for sale, you know I’d stay if I could.
But there’s just too many bad memories that hit me rough,
‘Cause there was never any love, no there was never any love
Well there was never any love in this house for sale.

© James Clark