THIS HOUSE IS EMPTY NOW - RICHIE (lyrics)
THIS HOUSE IS EMPTY NOW - RICHIE - BURT BACHARACH - ELVIS COSTELLO - TRIJNTJE OOSTERHUIS - Richard Pereira - [email protected] - Richie - richardpereiramusic.com
These rooms play tricks upon you .. Remember when they were always filled with laughter?
But now they're quite deserted .. They seem to just echo voices raised in anger
Maybe you will see my face .. Reflected there on the pane
In the window of our poor .. Forlorn and broken home
Still this house is empty now .. There's nothing I can do
To make you want to stay
So tell me how .. Am I supposed to live without you?
These walls were lined with pictures .. Remember the glass we charged in celebration?
But now I fill my life up .. With all that I can to deaden this sensation
Do you recognize the face .. Fixed in that fine silver frame
Were you really so unhappy then? .. You never said
So this house is empty now .. There's nothing I can do
To make you want to stay .. So tell me how
Am I supposed to live without you?
Oh, if I could just become forgetful .. When night seems endless
Does the extinguished candle care .. About the darkness?
It's funny how my memory .. Will bring you so close then make you disappear
Meanwhile all our friends must choose .. Who they will favour, who they will lose
Hang the garland high or close the door .. And throw away the key
This house is empty now .. There's no one living here
You have to care about .. This house is empty now
There's nothing I can do .. To make you want to stay
So tell me how .. Am I supposed to live without you?
