My childhood house

My childhood home

was sold out for a song

what i was told was right

was so very wrong

those memories there

now where will they belong

the house is gone

torn down to the ground

those smiles i carry

now in my heart

when i see the empty plot

i stop with a start

the smile falls away

and i just have to say

i’d have thought

i would never ever

live to see this day

bank loans, defaults

executions of decree

thoughts of my childhood house

are now painful to me