The Old House Lyrics

Marianne Faithfull The Old House

I saw a stranger
Sitting in shirtsleeves
Outside the old house, the old house
I didn't know him
Nor him me

Passing the old house, the old house
He should be careful
When he locks up at night
The door of the old house, the old house
For my father's ghost, my mother's ghost
Left me the keys to the old house
They say break in, scare them away
These folks that live in the old house
Who is that stranger house
Sitting in chains

Outside the old house, the old house
I don't know him
Nor him me
Haunting the old house, the old house
For my father's ghost, my mother's ghost
Left me the keys to the old house