This House is a House of Trouble! lyrics

This house is a house of troubles,

this house is a house of tears

The walls shake in desperation,

it's been a prison for many a year

This house is a house of troubles,

this house is a house of tears

The walls shake in desperation,

it's been a prison for many a year

I gave you love (you gave me a necklace of diamonds)

I gave you love (you gave me a Mercedes Benz)

I gave you love (you gave me anything but love, love, love)

I gave you love (you gave me a blink at christmas)

I gave you love (you gave me a ruby ring)

I gave you love (you gave me anything but love, love, love)

Well I thought I loved a hero, but it seems I loved a fool

(Gee, thanks)

Too many times I've seen you falling drunken off your stool

I've seen you looking small on the floor of some dark bar

Spending all your money like the vagabond you are

You promised me a heaven but you stuck me in a hell

You're lazy and you're indiscreet and bad in bed as well

(Well, I've had no complaints before)

Lipstick where I've never seen lipstick marks before

Out each night to play the field and me I'm locked behind this door

This house is a house of troubles,

this house is a house of tears

The walls shake in desperation,

it's been a prison for many a year

This house is a house of troubles,

this house is a house of tears

The walls shake in desperation,

it's been a prison for many a year

I gave you love (you gave me lies and deception)

I gave you love (you gave me an overdraft)

I gave you love (you gave me anything but love, love, love)

I gave you love (you gave me the cold shoulder)

I gave you love (you gave me an icy stare)

I gave you love (you gave me anything but love, love, love)

I thought I married elegance

(You did)

But it seems I married cheap

Seems you've found some doubtful ways to boost your weekly keep

I've seen you draped in furs, but they're as fake as they can be

They go with your complexion and your personality

When things start to get bad, your hand up to your head

Making for the tranquillisers, or some boy to your bed

(Ha! You can talk!)

Behaving ways I've never seen a lady act before

Out each night to play the field, and me I'm locked behind my door

I gave you love (you gave me an elegant prison)

I gave you love (you gave me a washing-machine)

I gave you love (you gave me anything but love, love, love)

I gave you love (you gave me nothing)

I gave you love (you gave me nothing)

I gave you love (you gave me anything but love, love, love)

This house is a house of troubles,

this house is a house of tears

The walls shake in desperation,

it's been a prison for many a year

This house is a house of troubles,

this house is a house of tears

The walls shake in desperation,

it's been a prison for many a year

• Artist:Marc Almond