House of Pride

Now I look at this bag of groceries, think of these missing years

Baby's in the ocean and I can't go out in tears

The telephone is ringing, there's a package at the door

But I'll never know what's in 'em if I'm stuck to the killing floor

Stuck down in the house of pride

Stuck down in the house of pride

No matter how much you love me or who is on my side

I'm still down in the house of pride

Now what about matching colors and great big diamond rings

Bowls of murdered flowers and caged birds that sing?

Where do you go from up here and what comes after you win?

Didn't we used to get something for it when we'd go riding into

Town, from the house of pride

They came back to the house of pride

We were fat but not too fat with plenty of cash to slide

Back then in the house of pride

(You know it)

I could be happy, I know it, I've seen the pictures

Glowing like the California sun

Well, here comes a break in the rain

Well, it looks like one

And the sun has hit the windows and I'm pulling on my jeans

Brush my teeth and check my hair, I know just what it means

The long days are moving on from the good night moves on

Broken window panes and whoa, I'm gone

Gone from the house of pride

I'm gonna be gone from the house of pride

There's someone in the driveway and I'm going for a ride

Gone from the house of pride