Текст песни This Ole House - The Statler Brothers

Well, I ain't a-gonna need this house no longer
Ain't gonna need this house no more
I 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 window pane
I ain't a-gonna need this house no longer
I'm a-gettin' ready to meet the saints

Well, this old house once knew my children
This old house once knew my wife
This old house was home and comfort
As we fought the storms of life
This old house once rang with laughter
This old house heard many shouts
Now it trembles in the darkness
When the lightnin' walks about

I ain't a-gonna need this house no longer
Ain't gonna need this house no more
I 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 window pane
I ain't a-gonna need this house no longer
I'm a-gettin' ready to meet the saints

Now my old hound dog lies asleep
And he don't know I'm gonna leave
Else he'd wake up by the fireplace
And he'd howl and moan and grieve
But my huntin' days are over
Ain't a-gonna hunt the coon no more
Gabriel just brought in my chariot
When the wind blew down the door

I ain't a-gonna need this house no longer
Ain't gonna need this house no more
I 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 window pane
I ain't a-gonna need this house no longer
I'm a-gettin' ready to meet the saints