"...i've been smoking a lot of dope lately..."

On a roadtrip, my mom played Hoyt Axton's cover of The House Song and asked us to interpret it. No one could.

By the powers vested in her by the internet, we found a line-by-line explanation of the lyrics (written by Paul of Peter, Paul, and Mary). We were excited until we realized it was also entirely incomprehensible:

lyrics:
THIS HOUSE GOES ON SALE EVERY WEDNESDAY MORNING
AND TAKEN OFF THE MARKET IN THE AFTERNOON
YOU CAN BUY A PIECE OF IT IF YOU WANT TO
IT'S BEEN GOOD TO ME IF IT'S BEEN GOOD FOR YOU

translation:
it is with an anxious nervous personal concern that this information is offered...being vulnerable on this kind of emotional level is new to me and so i am only able to reveal it occasionally and even then feel i must withdraw it shortly after...you can accept any or all of the following 'confession' and to whatever extent it becomes helpful for you it makes the revelation that much less painful for me...

lyrics:
'TAKE THE GRAND LOOK NOW; THE FIRE IS BURNING
IS THAT YOUR REFLECTION ON THE WALL?
I CAN SHOW YOU THIS ROOM AND SOME OTHERS
IF YOU CAME TO LOOK AT THE HOUSE AT ALL

translation:
gather what you can from what you see, this is the passion of creation. have you /will you notice the similarity in our observations. i'm hopeful that we can share many levels of understand ing if, in fact, you are here to learn something beyond just the knowledge that we hold some things in common.

Okay, well...thanks Paul!