Before There Were Houses Here

Before there were houses here
I remember an orchard, too old to bear much fruit
Come spring time the blossoms would sure enough be blazing
Before there were houses here

Before there were houses here
I remember a vineyard, laid out in straight lines
And a building like a spaceship, a broken down day dream
Before there were houses here

Before the age
Came crashing like a tidal wave
And washed the mountain down
We paved the way
Built another freeway lane
Everybody's got to get home

Before there were houses here
I remember a dirt road that ran into the brush
Where no one could find us, not even your mother
Before there were houses here

Before the age
Came crashing like a tidal wave
And washed the mountain down
We paved the way
Built another freeway lane
Everybody's got to get home

Before the age
Came crashing like a tidal wave
And washed the mountain down
We paved the way
Built another freeway lane
Everybody's got to get home
Everybody's got to get to have a home
Everybody's got to get to have a home
Everybody's got to get to have a home