# Building a house from song lyrics **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 4, 2007, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/building-a-house-from-song-lyrics/394537 "2007-03-04T14:42:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![NoCoolUserName](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5fc32e/32.png) [@NoCoolUserName](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NoCoolUserName)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2007, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/building-a-house-from-song-lyrics/394537/1 "2007-03-04T14:42:09Z")
So if I hit the big lottery, I’m gonna build me a house with a staircase that has a One Way sign, pointing up, and a second staircase with a One Way sign, pointing down. And a third staircase that ends in a blank wall. What else should I include in my plans? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Miss\_Purl\_McKnittington](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9a140/32.png) [@Miss\_Purl\_McKnittington](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miss_Purl_McKnittington)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2007, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/building-a-house-from-song-lyrics/394537/2 "2007-03-04T14:52:25Z")
I hope you get a guy named Jack to build it, ya’ll. Remember that house. ---
**Author:** ![Eonwe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eonwe/32/240_2.png) [@Eonwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eonwe)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2007, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/building-a-house-from-song-lyrics/394537/3 "2007-03-04T15:12:34Z")
Well, I do know that it will be a very, very, very fine house. ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2007, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/building-a-house-from-song-lyrics/394537/4 "2007-03-04T16:39:19Z")
It should be built of stone and light. ---
**Author:** ![koeeoaddi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/koeeoaddi/32/408_2.png) [@koeeoaddi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/koeeoaddi)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2007, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/building-a-house-from-song-lyrics/394537/5 "2007-03-04T16:43:39Z")
green pepper walls and water ice tables of paper wood, windows of light ---
**Author:** ![StarvingButStrong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/starvingbutstrong/32/335_2.png) [@StarvingButStrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StarvingButStrong)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2007, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/building-a-house-from-song-lyrics/394537/6 "2007-03-04T16:45:24Z")
It must be far away from the cold night air. Remember, though: a house is not a home. ---
**Author:** ![Labdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/439d5e/32.png) [@Labdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labdad)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2007, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/building-a-house-from-song-lyrics/394537/7 "2007-03-04T16:54:43Z")
It should be on the roadside, made out of rattlesnake hide. It should have a chiney, way on top, made from a human skull. ---
**Author:** ![Campion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4491bb/32.png) [@Campion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Campion)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2007, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/building-a-house-from-song-lyrics/394537/8 "2007-03-04T16:57:52Z")
Love’s the only house, though. ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2007, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/building-a-house-from-song-lyrics/394537/9 "2007-03-04T17:15:38Z")
Make sure it’s in the middle of your street. ---
**Author:** ![crowmanyclouds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crowmanyclouds/32/19884_2.png) [@crowmanyclouds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crowmanyclouds)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2007, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/building-a-house-from-song-lyrics/394537/10 "2007-03-04T17:19:26Z")
[QUOTE=Eonwe] Well, I do know that it will be a very, very, very fine house. [/QUOTE] Some cats, yeah, two cats for the yard? CMC fnord! ---
**Author:** ![Miss\_Purl\_McKnittington](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9a140/32.png) [@Miss\_Purl\_McKnittington](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miss_Purl_McKnittington)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2007, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/building-a-house-from-song-lyrics/394537/11 "2007-03-04T17:31:03Z")
And hopefully it will be your castle and your keep, in the middle of your street. Edit: Noooooo! _shakes fist at **Hal Briston** _ I stand by the castle and keep thing, though. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2007, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/building-a-house-from-song-lyrics/394537/12 "2007-03-04T17:31:24Z")
It takes more than a hammer and nails to make a house a home. (Although you’ll probably still need the hammer and nails.) ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2007, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/building-a-house-from-song-lyrics/394537/13 "2007-03-04T17:32:55Z")
When you finish it, please could you let me know what’s behind the green door? ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2007, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/building-a-house-from-song-lyrics/394537/14 "2007-03-04T17:47:21Z")
[QUOTE=Marley23] It takes more than a hammer and nails to make a house a home. (Although you’ll probably still need the hammer and nails.) [/QUOTE] _If I had a hammer I’d hammer in the morning I’d hammer in the evening All over this land I’d hammer out danger I’d hammer out a warning I’d hammer out love between my brothers and my sisters All over this land_ [http://www.arlo.net/resources/lyrics/hammer-song.shtml](http://www.arlo.net/resources/lyrics/hammer-song.shtml) ---
**Author:** ![chappachula](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d2c977/32.png) [@chappachula](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chappachula)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2007, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/building-a-house-from-song-lyrics/394537/15 "2007-03-04T17:49:37Z")
just don’t build your house in New Orleans and call it the rising sun ---
**Author:** ![Saint\_Cad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saint_cad/32/18907_2.png) [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2007, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/building-a-house-from-song-lyrics/394537/16 "2007-03-04T18:42:40Z")
Remember to fix the hole in the roof where the rain gets in AND keeps your mind from wandering. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Scrivener](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@The\_Scrivener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Scrivener)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2007, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/building-a-house-from-song-lyrics/394537/17 "2007-03-04T19:30:39Z")
Home is where I want to be… Make it up as we go along… I guess that this must be the place. My house’s out of the ordinary… No visible means of support and you have not seen nuthin’ yet. Tin roof… rusted! There’s always something happening and it’s usually quite loud. _Save us from the ball & chain!_ ---
**Author:** ![SmartAleq](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smartaleq/32/163_2.png) [@SmartAleq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmartAleq)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2007, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/building-a-house-from-song-lyrics/394537/18 "2007-03-04T19:42:34Z")
Don’t forget that you’ll need both a top floor AND a bottom buzzer! ---
**Author:** ![The\_Scrivener](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@The\_Scrivener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Scrivener)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2007, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/building-a-house-from-song-lyrics/394537/19 "2007-03-04T19:45:59Z")
One person’s funhouse is another’s madhouse. [not a lyric, just an observation.] She came in through the bathroom window. Mirror in the bathroom, please talk free The door is locked, just you and me… …Drift gently into mental illness. I spent a lot of my time looking at blue, The colour of my room and my mood, Blue on the walls… ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2007, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/building-a-house-from-song-lyrics/394537/20 "2007-03-04T20:18:54Z")
Don’t make it a two-story house, with grandeur, but there’s no love about. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/building-a-house-from-song-lyrics/394537.md?page=2)