There's a house on my block that's abandoned and cold Folks moved out of it a long time ago And they took all their things, and they never came back Looks like its haunted, with the windows all cracked And everyone calls it the house The house where nobody lives Once it held laughter, once it held dreams Did they throw it away, do they know what it means Did someone's heart break, Or did someone do somebody wrong Well the paint was all cracked, it was peeled off the wood 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 So if you find someone, someone to have, someone to hold Don't trade it for silver, don't trade it for gold Cos I have all of life's treasures, and they're fine and they're good They remind me that houses are just made of wood What makes a house grand oh it aint the roof or the doors If there's love in a house, it's a palace for sure Without love it aint nothin' but a house A house where nobody lives Without love it aint nothin' but a house A house where nobody lives