This ole house once knew my children   This ole house once knew my life   This ole house was home and comfort   As we lived through storm and strife   This ole house once rang with laughter   This ole house heard many shouts   Now she trembles in the darkness   When the lightning walks about      Ain't a-gonna need this house no longer   Ain't a-gonna need this house no more   Ain't got time to fix the shingles   Ain't got time to fix the floor   Ain't got time to oil the hinges   Nor to mend the window panes   Ain't a-gonna need this house no longer   I'm a-gettin' ready to meet the saints      This ole house is gettin' shaky   This ole house is gettin' old   This ole house lets in the rain   This ole house lets in the cold   On my knees I'm gettin' shaky   But I feel no fear or pain   'Cause I see an angel peekin'   Through a broken window pane      I ain't a-gonna need this house no longer   Ain't a-gonna need this house no more   Ain't got time to fix the shingles   Ain't got time to fix the floor   I ain't got time to oil the hinges   Nor to mend the window panes   Ain't a-gonna need this house no longer   I'm a-gettin' ready to meet the saints      This ole house is afraid of thunder   This ole house is afraid of storms   This ole house just groans and trembles   When the night wind flings its arms   This ole house is gettin' feeble   This old house is needin' paint   Just like me it's tuckered out   But I'm a-gettin' ready to meet the saints      Ain't a-gonna need this house no longer   Ain't a-gonna need this house no more   Ain't got time to fix the shingles   Ain't got time to fix the floor   I ain't got time to oil the hinges   Nor to mend the window panes   Ain't gonna need this house no longer   I'm a-gettin' ready to meet the saints   I'm gettin' ready to meet the saints