Lyrics

This ole house once knew my family
This ole house once knew my life
This ole house was home and comfort
As we lived through storms and strive
This ole house once rang with laughter
This ole house heard many shouts
Now she trembles in the darkness
When the lightnin' walks about

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
Nor to mend the windowpanes
Ain't a-gonna need this house no longer
I'm a-gettin' ready to meet the saints

This ole house is a-gettin' chilly
This ole house is a-gettin' old
This ole house lets in the rain
This ole house lets in the cold
On my knees I'm a-gettin' shaky
But I feel no fear nor pain
'Cause I'm a-seein' an angel peekin'
Through a broken windowpane

(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
(I) Ain't got time to oil the hinges
Nor to mend the windowpanes
Ain't a-gonna need this house no longer
I'm a-gettin' ready to meet the saints

(MUSICAL BREAK...doo..)

Now my ole hound dog lies a-sleepin'
He don't know I'm a-gonna leave
Else he'd wake up by the fireplace
And just sit and howl and grieve
But my huntin' days are over
Ain't gonna hunt with him no more
Gabriel's done brought in my chariot
When the wind blew down the door

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
Nor to mend the windowpanes
Ain't a-gonna need this house no longer
I'm a-gettin' ready to meet the saints

Oh...
(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
(I) Ain't got time to oil the hinges
Nor to mend the windowpanes
Ain't a-gonna need this house no longer
I'm a-gettin' ready to meet the saints.