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Well, I'm just strumming with my brother

Safe inside his house of wonders

A Lion and a Raven in The Cathouse

(The Cathouse)

Now take us back to high school where the runners ran right by school

And the janitor and teacher

Threw that trash upon our table

It was fabled that the Jiggling man

Would take the hand of Carolyn

And everybody danced and sang along

They roped us right on in then when we'd leave and break the law

Should've seen it coming it's the only thing we saw

I have witnessed scraps and fights that leave the crowds in awe

Learned to stand our ground but its the only thing we love

Back in that old haunted Cathouse

Where all my friends they used to go

All the pleasures were for free

Back in that old haunted Cathouse

If only I could turn back time, that's where I would be

He wants to write a song about old times and past close friendships

Well there are still things left to say

Now here I stand I'm an older man

I'm a colder man as a music man

I'm 24 years old and I've just began to understand

These lessons taught in life are better taught through strife

Ships that stay in harbors are safe

But why, oh why, oh why

Why would you build them in the first place?

Back in that old haunted Cathouse

Where all my friends they used to go

All the pleasures were for free

Back in that old haunted Cathouse

If only I could turn back time, that's where I would be

And just as my 17 year old mind was quiet

I was blinded, noise was playing organized, the organs playing harmonized

That sharp tongued blond kid really caught my eye the way he made the teacher cry

And that's what she deserved for all those years dehumanizing peers of mine

And lest we forget, wasting four years inside an Alley

Ain't so good for your mortal soul

While a friendly little blonde with a pretty face

Melts your heart so you act up some big disgrace

But that's not how you were raised

Back in that old haunted Cathouse

Where all my friends they used to go

All the pleasures were for free

Back in that old haunted Cathouse

If only I could turn back time, that's where I would be