"Nobody Home" lyrics

"Nobody Home"

I've been looking all over
Trying to find a place to lay my head
I used to have a house and a spouse
Now it's hers instead
I thought I had a friend
I was knocking on his door
Trying to remind him what friends are for
But I think he's dead
I saw his neighbor on the front porch looking pretty stoned
His dog was in the backyard chewing on a bone
But there's nobody home
There wasn't nobody home

I saw a church with a sign
It was open, so I stepped inside
It said "Double your misery back if you ain't satisfied"
I thought, this deal can't last, I better cash in quick
Get it all done before I get too sick to find my way outside
I saw a Saint with his mouth open, carved out of stone
A preacher with his mouth shut staring at his phone
But there's nobody home
There wasn't nobody home

I saw a big white house down on Pennsylvania Avenue
I said, "Open up the gate, this can't wait"
And they said, "Who are you?"
I said I was a citizen trying to cut a deal for a Russian unicycle with a missing wheel
They let me through
I saw a clown with a comb-over trying to float a loan
Through the CIA, while he tweeted on his phone
But there's nobody home
There wasn't nobody home

It's getting hard to maintain connections in a personal way
Everybody wants to text because they ain't got nothing to say
Yeah, believe me when I tell you it's like being alone
Hanging out with numbers in a cyber zone
Yeah, you pay to play
It'll drive you crazy, right around the bend
Pretty soon you're talking to yourself again
And there ain't nobody home
There ain't nobody home
It'll drive you crazy, right around the bend
Pretty soon you're talking to yourself again
And there ain't nobody home
There ain't nobody home


Writer(s): Chris Smither
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