tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8138115961972902942.post1427370821103366890..comments2024-03-27T21:31:56.674-04:00Comments on The Quotidian Kit: What a Hotchpotch!Kitti Carrikerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02673202543914324582noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8138115961972902942.post-22678744671788900772021-10-02T22:54:40.318-04:002021-10-02T22:54:40.318-04:00Thanks to Barbara McFadden for sharing these lyric...Thanks to Barbara McFadden for sharing these lyrics:<br /><br />House Where Nobody Lives<br />Sung by Tom Waits<br /><br />There's a house on my block that's abandoned and cold<br />The folks moved out of it a long time ago<br />And they took all their things and they never came back<br />It looks like it's haunted with the windows all cracked<br />Everyone calls it the house<br />The house where nobody lives<br /><br />Once it held laughter<br />Once it held dreams, did they throw it away,<br />did they know what it means?<br />Did someone's heart break<br />Or did someone do somebody wrong?<br /><br />Well, the paint is all cracked,<br />it was peeled off of the wood<br />The papers were stacked on the porch where I stood<br />And the weeds had grown up just as high as the door<br />There were birds in the chimney and an old chest of drawers<br />Looks like no one will ever come back<br />To the house where nobody lives<br /><br />Oh, and once it held laughter<br />Once it held dreams, did they throw it away,<br />did they know what it means?<br />Did someone's heart break<br />Or did someone do somebody wrong?<br /><br />So if you find someone<br />Someone to have, someone to hold,<br />don't trade it for silver<br />Oh, don't trade it for gold<br />'Cause I have all of life's treasures<br />nd they're fine and they're good<br />They remind me that houses are just made of wood<br />What makes a house grand,<br />oh, it ain't the roof or the doors<br /><br />If there's love in a house, it's a palace for sure<br />But without love it ain't nothin' but a house<br />A house where nobody lives<br />But without love<br />It ain't nothin' but a house, a house where nobody lives<br /><br />Source: LyricFind<br />Songwriters: Thomas Alan Waits<br />House Where Nobody Lives<br />lyrics © BMG Rights Management<br />Jalma MusicKitti Carrikerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02673202543914324582noreply@blogger.com