Empty - Del Amitri

Dont get so distressed

If the good life wont arrive

Youve been reading s.o.s.

When its just your clock reading 5:05

And why are you so possessed

By the thought that she got free

And why are you figuring whos 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 dont take her hand and ask

Is this what he used to do?

cos I just want to free her from

Your jails of jealous dreams

cos at least a house when its empty

Stays clean

I wont pretend

That I was simply swayed

It was a two way thing not a Three day fling

No secrets kept, no truth betrayed

And heres the house that held

The nightmare that went on And youre sitting there wishing youd 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 dont take her hand and ask

Is this what he used to do?

cos I just want to free her from

Your jails of jealous dreams

cos at least a house when its empty

Stays clean

I wont pretend

That Im the saviour of the innocent and bad

But put two withered old blooms in a couple of rooms

And theyll behave like lunatics

And crave what makes them sad

So heres a card that says

Happy twenty-second birthday and I wish you were dead

And heres a house that held

A bevy of devils and an angel as well

And you want what Ive got

When all Ive got is guilt

And a room that wont stay still

Filled with pockets full of crumpled up money and

A mantelpiece littered with bills

cos at least a house when its empty

Stays clean