“Our House” is a song by British ska and pop band Madness and was written by bass player/vocalist Carl Smyth and guitarist Christopher Foreman. It was released as the lead single from their fourth studio album, The Rise & Fall, on 12 November 1982. The song charted within the top ten in several countries, and it was the band’s biggest hit on the Billboard Hot 100. It won the category Best Pop Song at the May 1983 Ivor Novello Awards.
… Father wears his Sunday best Mother’s tired, she needs a rest The kids are playing up downstairs Sister’s sighing in her sleep Brother’s got a date to keep He can’t hang around
… I remember way back then When everything was true and when We would have such a very good time Such a fine time, such a happy time And I remember how we’d play Simply waste the day away Then we’d say nothing would come between us Two dreamers
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