In this House of Spirits, every glass tells a tale Of love and denial of dreams and desires or glory days long passed In this House of Spirits, where ten thousand songs were sung The tables are well polished waiting for the night to come When men and women etch their stories in bottles of amber gold And the devil and all the angels watch to see what tale is told In this house of spirits where I grew up fast and hard No one to stop me on my wayward search for a place for my broken heart Many nights I spent distracted in the arms of Lady Euphoria She begged me with a promise, trade your pain for just one more At last to join my elders all alone at the corner bar Diving deep into the sea of forgetfulness at the bottom of a whiskey jar