When I was at the University of Texas in Austin in the 1970s, my grandfather told me about a house his father, a banker, had built just north of campus.  He suggested I go see it even though it was no longer in the family.  I did and found it to be a magnificent old yellow brick home.  And, it had become a Quaker meeting house which pleased me very much.  In the summer of 2018, I suggested my younger son Gus go visit the house with his cousins. He called me to say the Quaker meeting house had relocated and did I have the address of the big yellow house. After some research, I found it and, surprise, it had changed hands again to become the Austin Zen Center. This also pleased me very much. And, double bonus, it had 12-step recovery meetings!  I attended a Sunday night meditation meeting and during the followup sharing, I stated my name and said that my great grandfather had built this home and that I was seeking inspiration to write a song about it.  I did and the result is Big Yellow House.