A PLACE WHERE WE USED TO LIVE
Mark Knopfler


This empty kitchen's where 
I'd while away the hours 
Just next to my old chair 
You'd usually have some flowers 
The shelves of books 
Even the picture hooks 
Everything is gone 
But my heart is hanging on 

If this old neighbourhood 
Survived us both alright 
Don't know that it withstood 
All the things that took our light 
You on the stair 
I can see you there 
Everything is gone 
But my heart is hanging on 

Once there was a little girl 
Used to wonder what she would be 
Went out into the big wide world 
Now she's just a memory 
There used to be a little school here 
Where I learned to write my name 
But time has been a little cruel here 
Time has no shame 

It's just a place where 
We used to live 
It's just a place where 
We used to live 

Now in another town 
You lead another life 
And now upstairs and down 
You're someone else's wife 
Here in the dust 
There's not a trace of us 
Everything is gone 
But my heart is hanging on 

It's just a place where 
We used to live 
It's just a place where 
We used to live