There's a house on my block   That's abandoned and cold   Folks moved out of it a    Long time ago   And they took all their things   And they never came back   Looks like it's haunted   With the windows all cracked   And everyone call it    The house, the house where   Nobody lives      Once it held laughter   Once it held dreams   Did they throw it away   Did they know what it means   Did someone's heart break   Or did someone do somebody wrong?      Well the paint was all cracked   It was peeled off of the wood   Papers were stacked on the porch   Where I stood   And the weeds had grown up   Just as high as the door   There were birds in the chimney   And an old chest of drawers   Looks like no one will ever   Come back to the    House were nobody lives      Once it held laughter   Once it held dreams   Did they throw it away   Did they know what it means   Did someone's heart break   Or did someone do someone wrong?   So if you find someone   Someone to have, someone to hold   Don't trade it for silver   Don't trade it for gold   I have all of life's treasures    And they are fine and they are good   They remind me that houses    Are just made of wood   What makes a house grand   Ain't the roof or the doors   If there's love in a house   It's a palace for sure   Without love...   It ain't nothin but a house   A house where nobody lives   Without love it ain't nothin   But a house, a house where   Nobody lives.