Country Soul
That House Was You
For Frank and Elaine, from their children
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The story in this song
Anna and Michael remember a front door that had to be lifted to open. Their parents, Frank and Elaine, made the rented house their own in 1976. When the factory closed, Elaine took extra shifts and Frank took over the dinners. Fifty years later, their children have families of their own — and a new understanding of what their parents did for them.
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Lyrics
Nineteen seventy-six, a rented place A front door you had to lift Mum hung curtains she had cut herself Dad made the handle fit The photograph is on the table Beside the cake tonight Frank and Elaine, you look so young With all of us still out of sight
We thought our home was brick and wood We were too young to understand
That house was you The way you made it through One coming in from work One setting out for school A hand across the table When the working day was through We thought we loved that little house That house was you
When the factory shut its gates You kept the radio on Mum took extra mornings at the shop Dad kept our dinners warm We heard you talking in the kitchen When you thought we'd gone to bed No speech about being brave Just, "We'll work it out," you said
Now we've got bills and children too We know what those small words can do
That house was you The way you made it through One coming in from work One setting out for school A hand across the table When the working day was through We thought we loved that little house That house was you
Fifty years, and here we are With a houseful of our own You still ask if we've had dinner When we call you on the phone Tonight the meal is on us Let the dishes wait a while Mum, put your hand in Dad's again We want that photograph tonight
That house was you It always will be you The place we learned to stay Give each other room A hand across the table Still the thing we come back to We thought we loved that little house That house was you
Frank and Elaine, we know it's true That house was you Ooh