Open House

[Verse 1]

Please, come over to 81st Street I'm in the apartment above the bar

You know you can't miss it, it's across from the subway and the tacky store with the Mylar scarves

My skin's as pale as the outdoors moon, my hair is silver like a Tiffany watch

I like lots of people around me but don't kiss hello and please don't touch

It's a Czechoslovakian custom my mother passed on to me

"The way to make friends, Andy, is invite them up for tea"

Open house, open house

[Verse 2]

I've got a lot of cats, here's my favorite, she's a lady called Sam

I made a paper doll of her, you can have it, that's what I did when I had St. Vitus dance

It's a Czechoslovakian custom my mother passed on to me

Give people little presents so they'll remember me

Open house, open house

[Verse 3]

Someone bring the vegetables, someone please bring heat

My mother showed up yesterday, we need something to eat

I think I got a job today, they want me to draw shoes

The ones I drew were old and used, they told me "Draw something new"

Open house, open house

[Verse 4]

Fly me to the moon, fly me to a star

But there are no stars in the New York sky, they're all on the ground

You scared yourself with music, I scared myself with paint

I drew 550 different shoes today, it almost made me faint

Open house, open house

Open house, open house