[00:07.16]Ryan Adams - Houses On the Hill
[00:16.65]well i found a bunch of letters
[00:19.45]that were written for the fella who broke your momma's heart
[00:24.01]
[00:25.01]and the envelope folds, smelled of her ancient perfume
[00:30.12]
[00:34.16]i'll bet she didn't know
[00:36.10]
[00:37.35]how to respond before the blankets of snow
[00:40.78]
[00:41.53]caught him out wandering alone
[00:44.90]
[00:45.65]with no place to go
[00:47.46]
[00:51.70]there were stars in the sky
[00:53.57]
[00:54.95]there were houses on the hill
[00:57.44]and there bottles of pills that were easy to buy
[01:00.94]
[01:01.56]to keep her warm from the oncoming storm
[01:04.93]
[01:07.49]well i found them in the northwest corner of the attic in a box
[01:13.26]labeled "tinsel and lights"
[01:15.07]
[01:15.83]didn't know what i was i looking for
[01:18.88]maybe just a blanket or artifacts
[01:21.06]
[01:24.68]eisenhower sent him to war
[01:27.55]
[01:28.18]he kept her picture in his pocket that was closest to his heart
[01:33.24]and when he hit shore
[01:34.83]
[01:35.52]must have been a target for the gunman
[01:37.94]
[01:42.50]there were stars in the sky
[01:44.38]
[01:45.31]there were bunkers on the hill and there were caskets to fill
[01:50.05]where he will lie
[01:51.30]
[01:52.30]shrouded in the red white and blue with the stripes
[01:55.54]
[01:59.35]there were stars in the sky
[02:01.16]
[02:02.59]there were houses on the hill
[02:04.84]and there were bottles of pills that were easy to buy
[02:08.27]
[02:09.14]to keep her warm from the oncoming storm