This never was one of the great romances
But I thought you'd always have those young girl's eyes
But now they look in tired and bitter glances

At the ghost of a man who walks 'round in my disguise
I get the feeling that I don't belong here
But there's no welcome in the window anyway

And I look down for a number on my keychain
'Cause it feels more like a hotel everyday


There's a stranger in the house; nobody's seen his face
But everybody says he's taken my place
There's a stranger in the house no one will ever see

But everybody says he looks like me

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 us
You still don't understand me when I say


There's a stranger in the house; nobody's seen his face
But everybody says he's taken my place

There's a stranger in the house no one will ever see
But everybody says he looks like me