Vanessa Carlton Lyrics

Album: Harmonium

White Houses Lyrics

Crashed on the floor when I moved in 

 This little bungalow with some strange new friends

 Stay up too late, and I'm too thin 

 We promise each other it's til the end 

 Now we're spinning empty bottles 

 It's the five of us 

 With pretty eyed boys girls die to trust

 I can't resist the day 

 No, I can't resist the day 

 

 Jenny screams out and it's no pose

 'Cause when she dances she goes and goes

 Beer through the nose on an inside joke 

 I'm so excited, I haven't spoken 

 And she's so pretty, and she's so sure

 Maybe I'm more clever than a girl like her

 The summer's all in bloom 

 The summer is ending soon 

 

 It's alright and it's nice not to be so alone

 But I hold on to your secrets in white houses 

 

 Maybe I'm a little bit over my head

 I come undone at the things he said 

 And he's so funny in his bright red shirt

 We were all in love and we all got hurt 

 I sneak into his car's cracked leather seat 

 The smell of gasoline in the summer heat 

 Boy, we're going way too fast 

 It's all too sweet to last 

 

 It's alright

 And I put myself in his hands

 But I hold on to your secrets in white houses

 Love, or something ignites in my veins 

 And I pray it never fades in white houses 

 

 My first time, hard to explain

 Rush of blood, oh, and a little bit of pain

 On a cloudy day, it's more common than you think

 He's my first mistake 

 

 Maybe you were all faster than me

 We gave each other up so easily 

 These silly little wounds will never mend

 I feel so far from where I've been 

 So I go, and I will not be back here again

 I'm gone as the day is fading on white houses 

 I lie, put my injuries all in the dust 

 In my heart is the five of us 

 In white houses 

 

 And you, maybe you'll remember me

 What I gave is yours to keep 

 In white houses [x3]