Architect by Ross Durand
A Tribute to the Winchester Mystery House*
http://www.winchestermysteryhouse.com

Well she came out west with her gold and guilt
Haunted by the spirits of the people her husband's gun had killed
Well he won the west and she lost her mind
So she built a house to keep all of her ghosts confined

Some stairs go up, and some stairs go down
And some just stop at the ceiling, and some can't be found
Some walls have doors that don't go nowhere
Seven floors - how the hell do you get up there

And Mrs. Winchester, what were you thinking?
A stairway is s'posed to go somewhere
And a window is s'posed to look somewhere
But this house just goes round and round and round
Round and round and round

I guess it goes to show what pain can do
What kinda house would you have built if this had happened to you
Your wallet lined with the wealth of death
Our family gone and a haunted feeling is all you have left

And Mrs. Winchester, what were you thinking?
A stairway is s'posed to go somewhere
And a window is s'posed to look somewhere
But this house just goes round and round and round
Round and round and round

• The Winchester Mystery House, a well-known California tourist destination, was the mansion of the widow of the man who invented the Winchester Repeating rifle, "The gun that won the west." Apparently her guilt made her believe bizarre things about the spiritis of the dead and she was compelled to build endlessly onto the house, resulting a lot of bizzare features such as those described in the song.