WHEN A HOUSE IS NOT A HOME
(Roger Miller)


Jimmy Dickens - 1968
Roger Miller - 1970
Connie Smith - 1970
Willie Nelson & Roger Miller - 1981





I walk up to my door and hate to turn the key
Emptiness is all that waits inside for me
That's how it is when the one you love is gone
That's how it is when your house is not a home

I look around and see things marked with his and hers
Things like this just seem to make it that much worse
That's how it is since I live my life alone
That's how it is since my house is not a home

(Instrumental Break)

Is there a way out for a soul so torn as mine
Each day I live I'm like a prisoner servin' time
That's how it is, ask anyone who lives alone
That's how it is when your house is not a home
That's how it is since my house is not a home






(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - August 2012)