Stranger In The House

Elvis Costello

This never was one of the great romances 
But I thought you'd always have those young girl's eyes 
But now they look in tired and bitter glances 
At the ghost of a man who walks 'round in my disguise 
I get the feeling that I don't belong here 
But there's no welcome in the window anyway 
And I look down for a number on my keychain 
'Cause it feels more like a hotel everyday 

There's a stranger in the house; nobody's seen his face 
But everybody says he's taken my place 
There's a stranger in the house no one will ever see 
But everybody says he looks like me 

And now you say you've got no expectations 
But I know you also miss those carefree days 
And for all the angry words that passed between us 
You still don't understand me when I say 

There's a stranger in the house; nobody's seen his face 
But everybody says he's taken my place 
There's a stranger in the house no one will ever see 
But everybody says he looks like me
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