Big Old House (Jesse Harris cover) Lyrics

Lyric discussion by Bagchezh 

Cover art for Big Old House (Jesse Harris cover) lyrics by Bright Eyes

The way the housing market is today, I don't know why BE would write a song about it. i am sure they make enough money to buy whatever houses they wanted, why a big old one?
I think if they are smart, they would wait until the sub prime bubble is REALLY popped and gone, and then maybe invest in some low risk real estate, maybe on the shore or something, fixer uppers, flip em, and then they could make more money and buy some more guitars and crystal meth, or whatever they want. I am just saying, that rock musicians should not write songs about real estate.