I live in a big house

Designer names, with the room to roam

A circled drive, a car paid for

But still I wish for something more

So many people in small houses

They've got 'em filled clear up to the rafters

With Big Wheels and Barbie dolls

Crayola pictures on the wall

I call out nobody's name at the end of a long day

Make dinner at five, for one, in the microwave

I wash the fork and throw the plate away

Then the light with the timer comes on

This beautiful house I own

Is nobody's home

Sometimes I just drive for hours

Takin' in all I'm missin'

The picket fence, the kiddie pools

The after-work barbecues

And I see kids jumpin' up and down

On a trampoline in their backyard

The laughter's loud; not a moment's peace

And one's cryin' 'cause he scraped his knee

I call out nobody's name at the end of a long day

Make dinner at five, for one, in the microwave

I wash the fork and throw the plate away

Then the light with the timer comes on

This beautiful house I own

Is nobody's home

Where this house is now

I hope a home will be

For now, this front porch mat

Is all that welcomes me

I call out nobody's name at the end of a long day

Make dinner at five, for one, in the microwave

I wash the fork and throw the plate away

Then the light with the timer comes on

This beautiful house I own

Is nobody's home

Nobody's home

I call out nobody's name

Nobody's home