# 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:** 2
**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, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/building-a-house-from-song-lyrics/394537/21 "2007-03-04T20:20:11Z")
Oh, and you probably should leave out the Rising Sun, too. ---
**Author:** ![sneezy5660](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@sneezy5660](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sneezy5660)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2007, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/building-a-house-from-song-lyrics/394537/22 "2007-03-04T20:43:06Z")
Aw come on guys, No Stairway to Heaven in da house? ---
**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, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/building-a-house-from-song-lyrics/394537/23 "2007-03-04T20:44:06Z")
Only if it’s one of the Houses of the Holy. ---
**Author:** ![OtakuLoki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ac8455/32.png) [@OtakuLoki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OtakuLoki)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2007, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/building-a-house-from-song-lyrics/394537/24 "2007-03-04T21:16:48Z")
Dreaming - I see bridges spanning spaces between red oak trees, connecting houses in the leaves. ---
**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2007, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/building-a-house-from-song-lyrics/394537/25 "2007-03-04T21:28:47Z")
I’d like to build the world a home, furnish it with love. However, that’s physically impossible. ---
**Author:** ![look\_ninjas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b2d939/32.png) [@look\_ninjas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/look_ninjas)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2007, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/building-a-house-from-song-lyrics/394537/26 "2007-03-04T22:33:20Z")
If you need some decorating suggestions, then go ahead, take a look in my kitchen. Take a look at the woodgrain there. ---
**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, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/building-a-house-from-song-lyrics/394537/27 "2007-03-04T23:13:14Z")
[QUOTE=look!ninjas] If you need some decorating suggestions, then go ahead, take a look in my kitchen. Take a look at the woodgrain there. [/QUOTE] Norwegian wood? ---
**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, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/building-a-house-from-song-lyrics/394537/28 "2007-03-04T23:35:55Z")
I’ll build a stairway to Paradise, With a new step every day. ---
**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, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/building-a-house-from-song-lyrics/394537/29 "2007-03-04T23:54:38Z")
OTOH, a little grass shack could be charming. Or a Sugar Shack! ---
**Author:** ![PerditaX](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/65b543/32.png) [@PerditaX](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PerditaX)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2007, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/building-a-house-from-song-lyrics/394537/30 "2007-03-04T23:57:41Z")
(I always have to throw in a little Country…) It takes more than marble and tile. Don’t put it on the corner Lonely and Gone. Don’t sit and cry in it when it’s empty. (especially if it’s raining…) ---
**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, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/building-a-house-from-song-lyrics/394537/31 "2007-03-04T23:58:45Z")
[QUOTE=StarvingButStrong] OTOH, a little grass shack could be charming. [/QUOTE] Number fifty-four? The house with the bamboo door? ---
**Author:** ![Daithi\_Lacha](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/daithi_lacha/32/5430_2.png) [@Daithi\_Lacha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daithi_Lacha)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2007, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/building-a-house-from-song-lyrics/394537/32 "2007-03-04T23:59:07Z")
Meh. Wherever I lay my hat is my home. Now excuse me whilst I sing more songs about buildings and food. ---
**Author:** ![hawksgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ed655f/32.png) [@hawksgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hawksgirl)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2007, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/building-a-house-from-song-lyrics/394537/33 "2007-03-05T00:00:17Z")
[QUOTE=StarvingButStrong] OTOH, a little grass shack could be charming. Or a Sugar Shack! [/QUOTE] Or… a Love Shack? ---
**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 5, 2007, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/building-a-house-from-song-lyrics/394537/34 "2007-03-05T00:08:10Z")
And out the back door, a giant doing cartwheels, a statue wearin’ high heels, happy creatures dancing on the lawn, a dinosaur Vict’rola list’ning to Buck Owens, tambourines and elephants. Well. I could go on. Do do do. ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2007, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/building-a-house-from-song-lyrics/394537/35 "2007-03-05T00:15:27Z")
[QUOTE=hawksgirl] Or… a Love Shack? [/QUOTE] I think you’d prefer [a shanty in an old shanty town](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kY1xjzEG3sg). ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2007, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/building-a-house-from-song-lyrics/394537/36 "2007-03-05T00:24:53Z")
Not a [Cabin in the Sky](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0035703/)? Don’t bother to put in a red door. I’ll want to paint it black. ---
**Author:** ![sturmhauke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47c2d/32.png) [@sturmhauke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sturmhauke)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2007, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/building-a-house-from-song-lyrics/394537/37 "2007-03-05T01:48:42Z")
And you may find yourself in a beautiful house, with a beautiful wife. And you may ask yourself, “Well… how did I get here?” ---
**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 5, 2007, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/building-a-house-from-song-lyrics/394537/38 "2007-03-05T02:11:43Z")
I don’t need a beautiful house: Four cabin walls would be just right for me. I need a threshold I can cross when I can sit and gather moss forevermore, a million miles away behind the door. ---
**Author:** ![look\_ninjas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b2d939/32.png) [@look\_ninjas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/look_ninjas)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2007, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/building-a-house-from-song-lyrics/394537/39 "2007-03-05T02:18:34Z")
[QUOTE=jjimm] Norwegian wood? [/QUOTE] Yes. Isn’t it good? ---
**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 5, 2007, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/building-a-house-from-song-lyrics/394537/40 "2007-03-05T04:44:46Z")
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