Album Cover White Houses

White Houses

Vanessa Carlton

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Crashed on the floor when I moved in

This little bungalow with some strange new friends

Stay up too late, and I'm too thin

We promise each other it's till the end

(Hook) now we're spinning empty bottles

It's the five of us

With pretty eyed boys girls die to trust

I can't resist the day

No, I can't resist the

Jenny screams out and it's no pose

Because when she dances she goes and goes

Beer through the nose on an inside joke

I'm so excited, I haven't spoke

(Hook) and she's so pretty, and she's so sure

Maybe I'm more clever than a girl like her

The summers all in bloom, the summers ending soon

(Chorus)

It's alright and it's nice not to be so alone, but I hold on to your secrets in white houses

Maybe I'm a little bit over my head

I come undone at the things he said

And he's so funny in his bright red shirt

We were all in love and we all got hurt

(Hook)I sneak into his car's cracked leather seat

The smell of gasoline in the summer heat

Boy, we're going way too fast

It's all too sweet to last

(Chorus) it's alright

And I put myself in his hands

But I hold on to your secrets in white houses

Love or something ignites in my veins

And I pray that it never fades in white houses

My first time, hard to explain

Rush of blood, oh, and a little bit of pain

On a cloudy day, it's more common than you think

He's my first mistake

Maybe you were all faster than me

We gave each other up so easily

These silly little wounds will never mend

I feel so far from where I've been

(Chorus)

So I go, and I will not be back here again

I'm gone as the day is fading on white houses

I lie; put my injuries all in the dust

In my heart it's the five of us

In white houses

And you, maybe you'll remember me

What I gave is yours to keep

In white houses (3x)