Dame Shirley Bassey - A House Is Not A Home

For Brian!

"A House Is Not a Home" is a 1964 song recorded by American singer Dionne Warwick. Written by the team of Burt Bacharach and Hal David, the song was a modest hit in the U.S. for Warwick, peaking at #71 on the pop singles chart as the B-side of the top 40 single.


Lyrics:


A chair is still a chair
Even though there's no-one sitting there
But a chair is not a house
And a house is not a home
When there's no-one there to hold you tight
And no-one there you can kiss goodnight

A room is still a room
Even though there's nothing there but gloom
But a room is not a house
And a house is not a home
When the two of us are far apart
And one of us has a broken heart

Now and then I call your name
And suddenly your voice appears
But it's just a crazy game
When it ends, it ends in tears

Darling, have a heart
Don't let one mistake keep us apart
I'm not meant to live alone
Turn this house into a home
When I climb the stairs
And turn the key
Oh, please be there
Still in love with me

I'm not meant to live alone
Turn this house into a home
When I climb the stairs
And turn the key
Oh, please be there
Still in love with me

Category:

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• house
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• warwick

[lbernste]

Classic Bassey recorded during what I consider her peak (although it's hard to think of Bassey being ever even greater than she is now. What I really enjoy, though, is the collage of photographs that takes us through her evolution.

[sugarbarre]

check gladys knight...slow and low...and that is how it was writtten.

love bassey

i love you tube..

[basicaa]

Good version, but it lacks something that Dionne Warwick and Dusty Springfield and, of course, the composer the great Burt Bacharach have in their versions,

[TheMilagros59]

magnificat

[Kaye122001]

shirley the best!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!­!!!!

[gummiplutt]

To me, this is the best rendition of this song. :) I just dig her vocals, and the string arrangements. Her 'belting' really gets to me!

[71trisse]

By foreign origin; was this song connected to the tv-serial with the same name

(Do also belive Raquel Welsch played in it)?

[JadeTomZ]

wonderful version.

this song requires a belter at times and thats bassey.

but!..NOT better than luthers live version...none are.

[ChocolateSmurf2001]

I honestly don't care who wrote it and who sang it first, cause to me, this will always be Luther's song.........R.I.P Mr.Vandross !!

[chasenip2]

She is epic, as always, but the pacing of the song doesn't work for me.