del amitri
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?  'cause I just want to free her from  Your jails of jealous dreams  'cause 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?  'cause I just want to free her from  Your jails of jealous dreams  'cause at least a house when it's empty  Stays clean   I won't pretend  That I'm the savior 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  'cause at least a house when it's empty  Stays clean