(Stuart Hamblen)      This ole house once I knew my children   This ole house once I knew my wife   This ole house was joy and comfort   As we fought the storms of life.      This ole house once rang with laughter   This ole house heard many a shouts   Now she trembles in the darkness   When the lightnin' 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 mingle the window panes   Ain't gonna need this house no longer   I'm a gettin' ready to meet the saints.      This ole house is a 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 are gettin' chilly   But I feel no fear or pain   'Cause I can see an angel peekin' through   A broken window pane.      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.      --- Instrumental ---      My old hound dog lies a sleepin'   He don't know I'm gonna leave   Else he'd wake up by the fireplace   And he'd sit there and howl and grieve.      But my huntin' days are over   Ain't gonna hunt the coon no more   Gabriel done brought in my chariot   When the wind blew down the door.      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...