I'm not worried, it's a 1,000,000 miles away
Yeah I saw the news it happens every day
Some Cronkite look-a-like
Numb from what he's reading
Wake me up! wake me up!
It's one of us that's screamin'

Save this house
Save this house
Save this house
Save this house

Save this house, party's gotta end
Welcome mat's worn out
And the roof will never mend
The furniture's on fire
This house is a disgrace
Someone change the locks
Before we trash this place

Save this house
Save this house
Save this house
Save this house

I'm not worried it's a 1,000,000 miles away
Yeah I saw the news it happened yesterday
Some Cronkite look-a-like
Numb from what he read
Wake me up! wake me up!
It's one of us that's dead

Save this house
Save this house
Save this house
Save this house

Save this house
Save this house
Save this house
Save this house


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Save This House Lyrics as written by John Fraser Mann Geoffrey Kelly

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    A Canadian classic! "...the roof will never mend, the furniture's on fire, this house is a disgrace" - clearly a comment on our destruction of the environment - Geoff and John were ahead of their times. RIP John Mann, you will be missed!

    phantom309on November 21, 2019   Link

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