ELVIS COSTELLO - This House Is Empty Now lyrics

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(costello/bacharach)<br>These rooms play tricks upon you<br>Remember when they were always filled with laughter<br>But now they're quite deserted<br>They seem to just echo voices raised in anger<br>Maybe you will see my face<br>Reflected there on the pane<br>In the window up above for long<br>In broken home<br><br>Yet this house is empty now<br>There's nothing I can do<br>To make you want to stay<br>So tell me how am I supposed to live without you<br><br>These walls were lined with pictures<br>Remember the glass we charged in celebration<br>But now I fill my life up<br>With all that I can to deaden this sensation<br>Do you recognize the face<br>Fixed in that fine silver frame<br>Were you really so unhappy there<br>You never said<br><br>So this house is empty now<br>There's nothing I can do to make you want to stay<br>So tell me how am I supposed to live without you<br><br>Oh, if I could just become forgetful<br>When night seems endless<br>Does the extinguished candle care<br>About the darkness<br><br>It's funny how the memory<br>Will bring you so close then make you disappear<br>Meanwhile all our friends must choose<br>Who they will favour, who they will lose<br>Hang the garland high, or close the door<br>Or throw away the key<br><br>This house is empty now<br>There's no one living here<br>You have to care about<br>This house is empty now<br>There's nothing I can do<br>To make you want to stay<br>So tell me how am I supposed to live without you<br><br>This house is empty now<br>This house is empty now<br>There's nothing I can do<br>This house is empty now<br>This house is empty now