The House
Air Traffic Controller Lyrics

We had the house where everybody came
We lived in the house where everyone came to hang out.

We had the music, we played the games
We had music and played games in our house.

And nobody's parents worried 'bout mine
My friends' parents were not concerned about me being at my house.

My momma never left one child behind
My mother always made sure that none of her children felt left out or left behind.

Live by the park where all the kids played
Our house was located next to a park where all the kids used to play.

There was my dog in a superman cape
I remember my dog used to wear a superman cape sometimes.

Hop in the waggon, headed to the lake
We used to take a wagon and go to the lake.

Hey it's your birthday mother made a cake
Every birthday, my mother always made a cake for us.

This was the house where everybody hanged
Our house was where all the kids liked to hang out.

Ask all my friends they'll tell you the same
If you ask my friends, they will say the same thing.

Was it the house or was it the gang
Was it our house, or was it the group of friends that we had?

Or a phenomenon no one can explain
Perhaps it was just an unexplainable phenomenon.

My folks got divorced when I was like three
My parents divorced when I was very young, around three years old.

I understand they weren't meant to be
I know that they were not meant to be together.

But dad got remarried and mom did too
Both my parents got remarried after their divorce.

To the father of a kid who went to my school
My mother got remarried to a man who had a child that went to my school.

Me and my brothers and my little sis
My siblings and I lived in our old house.

Never saw mother happy like this
My mother seemed the happiest she had ever been in her new relationship.

So we sold the house and moved into his
We moved out of our old house and into the house of my mother's new husband.

Now 2 adults and 7 cool kids
There were now two adults and seven kids living in the new house.

So much to see and everyone knows
The new house was full of things to discover, and everyone who came over was aware of this.

The band's in the basement putting on a show
There was a band playing in the basement and putting on a show.

The girls in the living room playing nintendo
In the living room, there were some girls playing Nintendo.

3+4, come knock on my door
I would always welcome my friends who came over by saying '3+4' and inviting them to knock on my door.

Never the same kid you saw before
My friends would never be the same after coming over to our house.

Business out front
The front of our house looked regular and unremarkable.

The party's back there
But we always had fun and threw parties in the back of our house.

I'm talking about my house and not my brother's hair
I'm referring to my house, not my brother's appearance or hairstyle.