"House For Sale" lyrics

Last thing I wanted
Was to end up like this
An old man running
Away from his kids
Tell-tale neighbors
Bust my block
What I feared is clear
Write me back
And rescue me
Everyone has their day
In jail

Hold me down
Around your corner
Tell me something
You have won
Sign outside reads
House for sale
Keep me running
Down by law

My mind is made up
I won't lose it again
The last time I feared him
And now I hide within
I used to be a singer
Retired pen in hand
But now they want
To turn me into a fighter
And right fight
I will show they're fooling

Hold me down
Around your corner
Tell me something
You have won
The sign outside reads
House for sale
Keep me running
Down by law

Can't think that
I'm old man
Make love two or three times
Instead of trying to push me
Why don't they befriend?
I brought up five children
They played in my backyard
But now they wanna turn her
Into a garden
And run me out
To some apartment

Hold me down
Around your corner
Tell me something
You have won
Well I have found
A house for sale
Keep me running
Down the inside

And it ain't mine
To criticize
And it ain't mine
To jeopardize
And it ain't mine
To fear your life
The sign outside reads
House for sale
I staked my claim
And will remain