House Where Nobody Lives

There's a house on my block

That's abandoned and cold

And the folks moved out of it a long time ago

And they took all their things

And they never came back

It looks like it's haunted with the windows all cracked

And everyone calls it the house

The house where nobody lives

Once it held laughter

Once it held dreams

Did they throw it away

Did they know what it means

Did someone's heart break

Or did someone do somebody wrong?

Well the paint is all cracked

It was peeled off of the wood

The papers were stacked on the porch where I stood

And the weeds had grown up

Just as high as the door

There were birds in the chimney and an old chest of drawers

Looks like no one will ever come back

To the house where nobody lives

Oh well once it held laughter

Once it held dreams

Did they throw it away

Did they know what that means

Did someone's heart break

Or did someone do somebody wrong?

So if you find someone

Someone to have, someone to hold

Don't trade it for silver

Oh don't trade it for gold

'Cause I have all of life's treasures

And they're fine and they're good

They remind me that houses are just made of wood

What makes a house grand ain't the roof or the doors

If there's love in a house

It's a palace for sure

But without love it ain't nothin' but a house

A house where nobody lives

Without love it ain't nothin' but a house

A house where nobody lives