They're holding a committee of treason and lies Doublespeak and sedition, then somebody dies From the hill the smell of lilacs and the repeat of guns She closes the window, draws the blinds, her first touch sucks the air from my lungs Hey blue eyes, what you doing tonight Hey blue eyes, yeah it's alright She says, "In this house we've abandoned history, in this house there are no laws Just the false taste of paradise and then the fall In this house the guilty go unpunished, blood and silence prevail Here the dead remain nameless, the nameless remain jailed" Hey blue eyes, what you doing tonight Hey blue eyes, yeah it's alright In this house there's just the dust of bones, the basement's filled with lye In this house our sons and daughters are spilled like wine So come close my pretty darling and let me feel your disease Tonight I'll have you naked and crawling at the end of my leash Hey blue eyes, what you doing tonight Hey blue eyes, hey it's alright She says, "In this house it's so easy to set a world on fire All you need is a name, the money, and a soul full of reckless desire Upstairs the landlord is dining here with his criminal friends Don't worry, they'll have the bags packed and be long gone before the real fucking begins" Hey blue eyes, yeah, what you doing tonight Hey blue eyes, hey it's alright Hey blue eyes, what you doing tonight Hey blue eyes, yeah it's alright