This Old House Songtext / Lyric

This old house once knew his children

This old house once knew his wife

This old house was home and comfort

As they fought the storms of life

This old house once rang with laughter

This old house heard many shouts

Now he trembles in the darkness

When the lightning walks about

Ain't a-gonna need this house no longer

Ain't a-gonna need this house no more

Ain't got time to fix the shingles

Ain't got time to fix the floor

Ain't got time to oil the hinges

Nor to mend the windowpane

Ain't a-gonna need this house no longer

He's a-getting ready to meet the saints

This old house is a-getting shaky

This old house is a-getting old

This old house lets in the rain

This old house lets in the cold

On his knees I'm getting chilly

But he feel no fear nor pain

'Cause he see an angel peeking

Through a broken windowpane

Ain't a-gonna need this house no longer

Ain't a-gonna need this house no more

Ain't got time to fix the shingles

Ain't got time to fix the floor

Ain't got time to oil the hinges

Nor to mend the windowpane

Ain't a-gonna need this house no longer

He's a-getting ready to meet the saints

This old house is afraid of thunder

This old house is afraid of storms

This old house just groans and trembles

When the night wind flings its arms

This old house is getting feeble

This old house is needing paint

Just like him it's tuckered out

But he's a-getting ready to meet the saints

Ain't a-gonna need this house no longer

Ain't a-gonna need this house no more

Ain't got time to fix the shingles

Ain't got time to fix the floor

Ain't got time to oil the hinges

Nor to mend the windowpane

Ain't a-gonna need this house no longer

He's a-getting ready to meet the saints

This old house dog lies a-sleeping

He don't know I'm gonna leave

Else he'd wake up by the fireplace

And he'd sit there and howl and grieve

But my hunting days are over

Ain't gonna hunt the coon no more

Gabriel done brought in my chariot

When the wind blew down the door

Ain't a-gonna need this house no longer

Ain't a-gonna need this house no more

Ain't got time to fix the shingles

Ain't got time to fix the floor

Ain't got time to oil the hinges

Nor to mend the windowpane

Ain't a-gonna need this house no longer

He's a-getting ready to meet the saints