Lyric Empty

Don t get so distressed
If the good life won t arrive
You ve been reading S.O.S.
When it s just your clock reading 5:05
And why are you so possessed
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

I won t pretend
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

I won t pretend
That I m the saviour of the innocent and bad
But put two withered old blooms in a couple of rooms
And they ll behave 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 still
Filled with pockets full of crumpled up money and
a mantelpiece littered with bills
Cos at least a house when it s empty
Stays clean