just like that it was winter again here in the desert in june our house was empty in september it s filled with house guests they re too punk or im too punk for words to come out sit here in the living room of our beautiful broken down house i ve been working so much lately when i m home i feel like a stranger in a foreign country where can t speak the language of unemployment minor crimes and plans to get the hell out i mutter fuck the police and lie down in our beautiful broken down house we were in the kitchen it was the week you first moved in and i said we re glad to have you you shrugged well its here or a ditch but thanks for dancing thanks for singing and thanks for sticking around and making a home with us here in our beautiful broken down house on my days off i like to sit on the roof and watch the traffic there s my buddy mick from the laundromat walking by looking pretty dope sick hell i remember that walk but i haven t taken it for three years now so mickey come here and lie down in our beautiful broken down house the last couple of weeks i know you ve been having trouble breathing and maybe truthfully trouble with most things but don t you worry if the pipes freeze and the power goes out we ll just be friends who are cold in the dark of our beautiful broken down house just like that it s summer again here in tucson in march our house is a jungle in july it s an abandoned parking lot you move back to england you move in seasons you move where it s hip right now i say fuck em all and lie down in our beautiful broken down house