sentence: ) personnel lead vocals by vanessa carlton backing vocals by vanessa carlton and stephan jenkins mixed by mark '' spike '' stent at olympic studio , london , uk piano by vanessa carlton bass by arion salazar acoustic guitar by lindsey buckingham electric guitar by arion salazar and jesse tobias drum by abe laboriel jr. strings arranged and conducted by ron fair percussion by stephan jenkins music video the video for '' white houses '' shows alternate personalities of carlton at a piano singing shyly and carlton dancing in a ballet studio .