Open House

<br>Please<br>Come over to 81st street I`m in the apartment<br>above the bar<br>You know you can`t miss it, it`s across from the subway<br>and the tacky store with the mylar scarves<br>My skin`s as pale as outdoors moon<br>my hair`s silver like a Tiffany watch<br>I like lots of people around me but don`t kiss hello<br>and please don`t touch<br>It`s a Czechoslovakian custom my mother passed on to me<br>The way to make friends Andy is invite them up for tea<br>Open house, open house<br>I`ve got a lot of cats, here`s my favorite<br>she`s lady called Sam<br>I made a paper doll of her, you can have it<br>That`s what I did when I had St.Vitus dance<br>It`s a Czechoslovakian custom my mother passed on to me<br>Give people little presents so they remember me<br>Open house, open house<br>Someone bring the vegetables<br>someone please bring heat<br>My mother showed up yesterday<br>we need something to eat<br>I think I got a job today they want me to draw shoes<br>The ones I drew were old and used, they told me to draw something new<br>Open house, open house<br>Fly me to the moon<br>fly me to a star<br>But there are no stars in the New York sky<br>they`re all on the ground<br>You scared yourself with music, I scared myself with paint<br>I drew 550 different shoes today, it almost made me faint<br>Open house, open house<br>Open house, open house