West End Road

Drove past the old house today, and I couldn't realize
Why my new friends couldn't see
The home that I saw with my eyes
Then I remembered that I hadn't been there in so long
And the things I'd seen and things I'd done
Were memories that had gone

They'd just laugh and call me the old sentimental fool
I know they're right, so I'll try to hide the pain
Because it breaks my heart to hear them say

"Tear down the house on West End Road"
It's been condemned a year and a day
Its paint is chipped, the bricks are old
The city says it's just in the way
"Tear down the house on West End Road"
It once was home to all of my dreams
Back when we were so young and bold
Has it really been so long since we fell apart at the

Seems like just the other day, I saw it the first time
It needed paint, it needed work
It was run down, but was mine
Wouldn't know it if you went and looked at it today
But that house holds the most treasured part of my past in a way

They'd just laugh and call me the old sentimental fool
I know they're right, so I'll try to hide the pain
Because it breaks my heart to hear them say

"Tear down the house on West End Road"
It's been condemned a year and a day
Its paint is chipped, the bricks are old
The city says it's just in the way
"Tear down the house on West End Road"
It once was home to all of our dreams
Back when we were so young and bold
Has it really been so long since we fell apart at the

"Tear down the house on West End Road"
It's been condemned a year and a day
Its paint is chipped, the bricks are old
The city says it's just in the way
"Tear down the house on West End Road"
It once was home to all of our dreams
Back when we were so young and bold
Before we fell apart at the seams