Stranger in the House

(Pat McManus)

George Jones & Elvis Costello



This never was one of the great romances

But I thought you'd always have those young girl's eyes

For now they look in tired and bitter glances

At the ghost of a man walkin' round in my disguise.



He gets the feeling that he should belong here

But there's no welcome in the window anyway

And he looks down for a number on his key-chain

'Cause it feels more like a hotel everyday.



There's a stranger in the house, nobody's seen his face

Everybody says he's takin' my place

There's a stranger in the house no one will ever see

Everybody says he looks like me.



--- Instrumental ---



And now you say you've got no expectations

But I know you also miss those carefree days

And for all the angry words that passed between them

She still can't understand him when he says.



There's a stranger in the house, nobody's seen his face

But everybody says he's takin' my place

There's a stranger in the house no one will ever see

But everybody says he looks like me.



He looks like me...