Nobody's Home

                                  I live in a big house

Designer names with a room to roam

A circled drive, a car paid for

But still I wish for somethin' more



So many people in small houses

They've got 'em filled clear up to the rafters

With big wings and Barbie dolls

Crayola pictures on the wall



I call out nobody's name at the end of a long day

Make dinner at five for one in the microwave

I wash the fork and throw the plate away

Then the light with the timer comes on

This beautiful house I own is nobody's home



Sometimes I just drive for hours

Takin' in all I'm missin'

The picket fence, the kiddy pools

The after work barbeques



And I see kids jumpin' up and down

On a trampoline in their backyard

The laughter's loud, not a moment's peace

And one's cryin' because he scraped his knee



I call out nobody's name at the end of a long day

Make dinner at five for one in the microwave

I wash the fork and throw the plate away

Then the light with the timer comes on

This beautiful house I own is nobody's home



Where this house is now I hope a home will be

For now this front porch mat is all that welcomes me



I call out nobody's name at the end of a long day

Make dinner at five for one in the microwave

I wash the fork and throw the plate away

Then the light with the timer comes on

This beautiful house I own is nobody's home



Nobody's home

I call out nobody's name

Nobody's home

Nobody's home