A House Is Not A Home - Perry Como

A chair is still a chair 
Even when there's no one sittin' there 
But a chair is not a house 
And a house is not a home 
When there's no one there, 
To hold you tight 
An' no one there 
You can kiss goodnight . . .

A room is still a room 
Even when there's nothin' there but gloom 
But a room is not a house 
And a house is not a home
When the two of us 
Are far apart 
An' one of us
Has a broken heart . . .

Now an' then
I call your name 
An' suddenly your face appears
But it's just a crazy game
When it ends
It ends in tears . . . 

Darling have a heart 
Don't let one mistake keep us apart
I'm not meant to live alone
Turn this house into a home
When I climb the stair 
An' turn the key
Oh please be there
Still in love with me . . . 

< instrumental bridge > 

I'm not meant to live alone
Turn this house into a home
When I climb the stair 
An' turn the key
Oh please be there
Still in love with me . . . 

Music by Burt Bacharach
and lyrics by Hal David , 1964