A HOUSE IS NOT A HOME 
(Burt Bacharach / Hal David)

Dionne Warwick

Also recorded by:
Eric Alexander; Gene Ammons; Vernelle Anders; Benny Aronov;
Lynne Arriale Trio; Burt Bacharach; Michael Ball; Christy Barron;
Shirley Bassey; Brook Benton; Julie Budd; Cher; Fay Claassen;
Petula Clark; Perry Como; Barbara Cook; David Coss; Frank Cunimondo; 
Alex Donner; Eliane Elias; Lance Ellington; Bill Evans; 
Ella Fitzgerald; Valerie Ford; Aretha Franklin; Stan Getz;
The Glass House; Eydie Gorme; Kellye Gray; Tamyra Gray; 
Marcia Griffiths; Steve Hall; David Hazeltine; Ronald Isley;
Randy Johnston; Raymond Jones; Ryo Kawasaki; Anita Kerr Singers;
Josee Koning; Steve Kuhn; Ramsey Lewis; ... and others.



A chair is still a chair
Even when there's no one sitting there
But a chair is not a house
And a house is not a home
When there's no one there to hold you tight,
And no one there you can kiss good night.

A room is still a room
Even when there's nothing there but gloom;
But a room is not a house,
And a house is not a home
When the two of us are far apart
And one of us has a broken heart.

Now and then I call your name
And suddenly your face appears
But it's just a crazy game
When it ends it ends in tears.

Darling, have a heart,
Don't let one mistake keep us apart.
I'm not meant to live alone. 
Turn this house into a home.
When I climb the stair and turn the key, 
Oh, please be there still in love with me.