Empty Lyrics - Waking Hours - Del Amitri

Don't get so distressed 

If the good life won't arrive 

You've been reading S.O.S. 

When it's just your clock reading 5:05 

And why are you so possessed 

By the thought that she got free 

And why are you figuring who's the best 

When just your luck ran out and she chose me 

We do not lie side by side 

And mock the thought of you 

And I don't take her hand and ask 

Is this what he used to do? 

'Cos I just want to free her from 

Your jails of jealous dreams 

'Cos at least a house when it's empty 

Stays clean 

I won't pretend that I was simply swayed 

It was a two way thing, not a three day fling 

No secrets kept, no truth betrayed 

And here's the house that held 

The nightmare that went on 

And you're sitting there wishing 

You'd never been born 

With that self-inflicted crown of thorns 

We do not lie side by side 

And mock the thought of you 

And I don't take her hand and ask 

Is this what he used to do? 

'Cos I just want to free her from 

Your jails of jealous dreams 

'Cos at least a house when it's empty 

Stays clean 

I won't pretend that I'm the savior of the innocent and bad 

But put two withered old blooms in a couple of rooms 

And they'll behave like lunatics 

And crave what makes them sad 

So here's a card that says 

Happy twenty-second birthday 

And I wish you were dead 

And here's a house that held 

A bevy of devils and an angel as well 

And you want what I've got 

When all I've got is guilt 

And a room that won't stay still 

Filled with pockets full of crumpled up money and 

A mantelpiece littered with bills 

'Cos at least a house when it's empty 

Stays clean