[00:01.11]Artist:milow [00:02.67]Songs Title:house by the creek [00:04.67] [00:29.25]Mama lies on the couch in her old wedding gown [00:33.91]She turned pale long before the carnival had left town [00:38.28] [00:38.92]She stares at the front porch on the outlook for dad [00:43.43] [00:44.05]Don't worry, I'll be back in a week is the last thing he said [00:48.31] [00:49.06]We all knew he gambled in the city and lost [00:53.44] [00:54.25]Money we didn't have must've be the line that he crossed [00:58.39] [00:59.03]It's been over a year instead of a week [01:03.59] [01:04.16]Here in our house, our house by the creek [01:10.26] [01:19.05]Me and my family live in the Netherlands [01:22.88] [01:23.39]In the house that he build with his bare hands [01:27.72] [01:28.53]My younger brother Jimmy is playing outside [01:32.79] [01:33.35]With his cap gun he tries to shoot planes from the sky [01:38.32]In his chair by the window sits uncle Fred [01:43.26]Since he's back from the war there ain't a word he has said [01:47.84] [01:48.47]And Freckles my sister as she passed away sir [01:52.87] [01:53.62]Sometimes in my dreams I catch up with dad and with her [01:57.90] [01:58.90]What we end up with is not what we seek [02:02.86] [02:03.87]Here in our house, our house by the creek [02:09.52] [02:28.32]My name is Louis, it's Louis, all right [02:32.16] [02:32.78]I play dad's old accordion all day and all night [02:37.18] [02:37.86]I just turned eleven, so I'm still a kid [02:42.04] [02:42.81]But when I grow up I wanna find out what daddy did [02:47.09] [02:47.90]Mister believe me, I was thought not to cry [02:52.65]And that family should stay together 'till the day that you die [02:57.22] [02:57.74]Yeah mister believe me, I was thought boys don't cry [03:02.61]And that the town where you're born is the town where youll die [03:07.68]That the town where you're born is where youll probably die [03:11.98] [03:46.58]What did God wanna show when He created man weak [03:51.48] [03:52.36]We don't understand in our house by the creek