This Ole House Lyrics
This Ole House - Tex Williams
This ole house once knew my children
This ole house once knew my wife
This ole house was home and comfort
As we fought the storms of life
This ole house once rang with laughter
This ole house heard many a shouts
Now she trembles in the darkness
When the lightning walks about
Well need gonna need this house
No longer ain't a gonna need this house no more
Ain't got time to fix his shingles
Ain't got time to fix the door
Ain't got time to oil the hinges
Just nor to mingle the window panes
I ain't gonna need this house no longer
I'm getting ready to meet the saints
This ole house is a getting shaky
This ole house is a getting old
This ole house stands in the rain
This ole house stands in the cold
Oh my knees are getting chilly
But I feel no fear or pain
Cause I see an angel a peeking
Through a broken window pane
Well need gonna need this house
No longer ain't a gonna need this house no more
Ain't got time to fix his shingles
Ain't got time to fix the door
Ain't got time to oil the hinges
Just nor to mingle the window panes
I ain't gonna need this house no longer
I'm getting ready to meet the saints
This ole house is afraid of thunder
This ole house is afraid of storms
This ole house just groans and trembles
When the night when flings his arms
This ole house is a getting feeble
This ole house is a needing paint
Just like me it's tuckered out but
I'm gonna get ready to meet the saints
I ain't a gonna need this house
No longer ain't a gonna need this house no more
Ain't got time to fix his shingles
Ain't got time to fix the door
Ain't got time to oil the hinges
Just nor to mingle the window panes
I ain't gonna need this house no longer
I'm getting ready to meet the saints
Now my old hound dog lies a sleeping
He don't know I'm gonna leave
Else he'd wake up by the fireplace
And he'd howl and grieve
But my hunting days are over
Ain't gonna hunt the coon no more
Gabriel just brought in my chariot
When the wind blew down the door
Well I ain't a gonna need this house no longer
Ain't a gonna need this house no more
Ain't got time to fix the shingles
Ain't got time to fix the floor
Ain't got time to oil the hinges
Just nor to mingle window panes
Ain't gonna need this house no longer
I'm getting ready to meet the saints