UST A LITTLE HOUSE,
SUCH A TINY HOUSE,
THE KIND THAT MADE
OTHERS STARE,
AND LAUGH,
AND WONDER,
WHY CHOOSE
SUCH A PLACE?
ALONE, AWAY, APART,
JUST A LITTLE HOUSE.
BUT TWO HAPPY PEOPLE
HEARD WHAT THEY SAID,
BUT DIDN\'T CARE;
THEY WOULDN\'T WANT
TO LIVE ANYWHERE
BUT THE LITTLE HOUSE.
OTHERS LIVED IN THEIR
PENTHOUSES, CONDOS,
FANCY ESTATES,
PRETENDED TO SMILE
WHILE MISERY REIGNED,
SO DIFFERENT FROM THE TWO
WHOSE HAPPINESS WASN\'T FAKED
IN THE LITTLE HOUSE.
BUT THEN THE WORLD
FOUND ITS WAY
AND MADE IT SEEM WRONG
FOR THEM TO STAY
IN THE LITTLE HOUSE.
OPPORTUNITIES KNOCKED,
YOU MUST ANSWER THE DOOR,
CAN\'T GO YOUR OWN WAY,
NOT ANYMORE!
BE LIKE EVERYONE ELSE,
AND KNOW THE SCORE,
NOT THE LITTLE HOUSE!
SO SOCIETY WINS,
WHATEVER\'S IN STYLE,
WHATEVER THE CROWD WANTS,
GO THAT EXTRA MILE;
NEVER THINK BACK,
BEST TO FORGET
THAT LITTLE HOUSE.
DREAMS TURN TO ASHES,
LOVE TURNS TO DUST,
DO WHAT\'S FASHIONABLE,
THAT\'S WHAT YOU MUST,
NO MATTER HOW BANKRUPT
OF MORALS OR TRUST,
BECAUSE OTHERS APPROVE
AND THAT\'S WHAT COUNTS,
NOT A LITTLE HOUSE.
SO NOW THEY\'RE NO DIFFERENT
THAN ANYONE ELSE,
AND SMILE THE FALSE SMILES
AND LIVE THE FACADES,
AND WORSHIP IRON PYRITE
CHOSEN ABOVE GOLD
FROM THE LITTLE HOUSE.
AFTER ALL: WHY BE DIFFERENT
WHEN OTHERS ARE ALL THE SAME?
SO THEY BECAME ADEPT
AT SOCIETY\'S GAME,
AND WHEN IT ALL FELL APART,
WHO OR WHAT WAS TO BLAME?
(NOT THAT LITTLE HOUSE!)
IT STANDS ALONE,
SAD AND FORLORN,
THAT LITTLE HOUSE.
EXCEPT FOR THE VISITS,
SEPARATE AND SECRET,
BECAUSE NEITHER ADMITS
THEY LONG FOR THE DAYS
IN THAT LITTLE HOUSE.
THEIR PATHS NEVER CROSSED,
SO NEITHER KNEW
THE OTHER WENT THERE
AND WAS MISERABLE TOO.
JUST KEEP UP FACADES
BECAUSE THAT\'S WHAT YOU DO,
EXCEPT IN THAT LITTLE HOUSE.
THAT THEY REGRETTED IT ALL
NEITHER WOULD SAY,
THEN DEATH CAME ALONG
AND TOOK ONE OF THEM AWAY,
WHILE THE OTHER SPENT HOURS
PRAYING FOR A WAY
TO DEFY TIME AND SPACE
AND SOCIETY\'S SWAY
AND GO BACK HOME TO STAY
IN THE LITTLE HOUSE.