[00:00.000] 作词 : Jonathan Vandenbroeck[00:01.000] 作曲 : Jonathan Vandenbroeck[00:29.250]Mama lies on the couch in her old wedding gown[00:33.910]She turned pale long before the carnival had left town[00:38.280][00:38.920]She stares at the front porch on the outlook for dad[00:43.430][00:44.500]Don't worry, I'll be back in a week is the last thing he said[00:48.310][00:49.600]We all knew he gambled in the city and lost[00:53.440][00:54.250]Money we didn't have must've be the line that he crossed[00:58.390][00:59.300]It's been over a year instead of a week[01:03.590][01:04.160]Here in our house, our house by the creek[01:10.260][01:19.500]Me and my family live in the Netherlands[01:22.880][01:23.390]In the house that he build with his bare hands[01:27.720][01:28.530]My younger brother Jimmy is playing outside[01:32.789][01:33.350]With his cap gun he tries to shoot planes from the sky[01:38.320]In his chair by the window sits uncle Fred[01:43.259]Since he's back from the war there ain't a word he has said[01:47.840][01:48.470]And Freckles my sister as she passed away sir[01:52.870][01:53.620]Sometimes in my dreams I catch up with dad and with her[01:57.900][01:58.900]What we end up with is not what we seek[02:02.860][02:03.870]Here in our house, our house by the creek[02:09.520][02:28.320]My name is Louis, it's Louis, all right[02:32.160][02:32.780]I play dad's old accordion all day and all night[02:37.180][02:37.860]I just turned eleven, so I'm still a kid[02:42.400][02:42.810]But when I grow up I wanna find out what daddy did[02:47.900]Mister believe me, I was thought not to cry[02:47.900][02:52.650]And that family should stay together 'till the day that you die[02:57.220][02:57.740]Yeah mister believe me, I was thought boys don't cry[03:02.610]And that the town where you're born is the town where youll die[03:07.680]That the town where you're born is where youll probably die[03:11.980][03:46.579]What did God wanna show when He created man weak[03:51.480][03:52.360]We don't understand in our house by the creek