Empty

Intro - Don't get so dis - tressed If the good life won't ar - rive You've been seeing S.O.S. When it's just your clock reading 5:05 And why are you so pos - sessed By the thought that she got free And why are you figuring who's the best When just your luck ran out and she chose me We do not lie side by side and mock the thought of you And I don't take her hand and ask Is this what he used to do 'Cos I just want to free her from Your jails of jealous dreams / 'Cos at least / a house when it's empty - Stays clean Sta - ys cle - an And I won't pre - tend That I was simply swayed It was a two way thing Not a three day fling No secrets kept, no truth betrayed And here's the house that held The nightmare that went on And you're sitting there wishing you'd never been born With that self-inflicted crown of thorns We do not lie side by side and mock the thought of you And I don't take her hand and ask Is this what he used to do 'Cos I just want to free her from Your jails of jealous dreams / 'Cos at least / a house when it's empty Stays clean Break: And I won't pre - tend That I'm the saviour of the innocent and bad But put two withered old blooms in a couple of rooms And they'll be - have like lunatics and crave what makes them sad - - So here's a card that says Happy twenty-second birthday and I wish you were dead And here's a house that held a bevy of devils and an angel as well And you want what I've got When all I've got is guilt And a room that won't stay sti- ll Filled with pockets full of crumpled up money and a mantelpiece littered with bills Outro: / 'Cos at least / a house when it's empty / Yeah at least / a house when it's empty / Yeah at least / a house when it's empty is clean//