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Lyrics
These rooms play tricks upon you
Remember when they were always filled with laughter?
But now they're quite deserted
They seem to just echo voices raised in anger
Maybe you will see my face reflected there on the pane
In the window of our poor forlorn and broken home
Still this house is empty now
There's nothing I can do to make you want to stay
So tell me how am I supposed to live without you?
These walls were lined with pictures
Remember the glass we charged in celebration?
But now I fill my life up
With all that I can to deaden this sensation
Do you recognize the face fixed in that fine silver frame?
Were you really so unhappy then?
You never said
So this house is empty now
There's nothing I can do to make you want to stay
So tell me how am I supposed to live without you?
Oh, if I could just become forgetful when night seems endless
Does the extinguished candle care about the darkness?
It's funny how my memory
Will bring you so close then make you disappear
Meanwhile all our friends must choose
Who they will favour, who they will lose
Hang the garland high or close the door
And throw away the key
This house is empty now
There's no one living here
You have to care about
This house is empty now
There's nothing I can do to make you want to stay
So tell me how
Am I supposed to live without you?
This house is empty now
There's no one living here you have to care about
This house is empty now
There's nothing I can do to make you want to stay
So tell me how am I supposed to live without you?
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Credits
- Elvis Costello - voice
- Burt Bacharach - piano
- Steve Nieve - keyboards
- Rob Schrock - keyboards
- Jim Keltner - drums
- Greg Cohen - bass
- Dave Coy - fretless bass
- Dean Parks - guitar
- Belinda Whitney-Barratt - violin solo
- Frank Marocco - musette
- Donna Taylor - vocals
- Lisa Taylor - vocals
- Sue-Ann Carwell - vocals
Discography
Albums:
Singles:
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Collections:
Alternate Versions:
- This House Is Empty Now (instrumental)
- The Sweetest Punch, 1999
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Soundtracks:
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Various Artists collections:
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Covers
Recorded by:
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Performed by:
- none
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Bootlegs
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Chords
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