House Where Nobody Lives

[Verse]

There's a house on my block that's abandoned and cold

The folks moved out 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

Everyone calls it the house, the house where nobody lives

[Chorus]

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?

[Verse 2]

Well, the paint's all cracked, it was peeled off of the wood

And 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

[Chorus]

Once it held laughter

And once it held dreams

Did they throw it away?

Did they know what it means?

Did somebody's heart break?

Or did someone do somebody wrong?

[Verse]

So if you find someone to have and to hold

Don't trade it for silver, don't trade it for gold

'Cause I have all of life's treasures and they're fine and they're good

And they remind me houses are just made of wood

What makes a house grand, oh it 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 nothing but a house

A house where nobody lives

Without love, it ain't nothing but a house

A house where nobody lives