One less bell to answer   One less egg to fry   One less man to pick up after   I should be happy   But all I do is cry   Cry, cry, no more laughter / Oh, I should be happy   Oh, why did he go?   I only know that since he left   My life's so empty   Thought I try to forget   It just can't be done   Each time the doorbell rings   I still run   I don't know how in the world   To stop thinking of him / I should be happy   Cause I still love him so   I end each day the way I start out / I start and end each day crying   Crying my heart out   One less bell to answer   One less egg to fry   One less man to pick up after   No more laughter   No more love   Since he went away   Since he went away   A chair is still a chair   Even when there's no one sitting 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   And no one there   You can kiss goodnight   A room is still a room   Even when there's nothing 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   And one of us has a broken heart   Now and then I call your name   And suddenly your face appears   But it's just a crazy game   And when it ends   It ends in tears   So 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 and turn the key   Oh, please be there   Still in love with me   One less bell to answer / Each time the doorbell rings, I still run   One less egg to fry / I'm lucky I've got one less man   One less man / to pick up after   No more laughter   No more love   Since he went away   Since he went away   All I do is cry.