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
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
'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//