This old house was once for dancing This old house once filled with joy With its beauty so entrancing Every little girl and boy Now its halls are filled with darkness Its rooms are dusty, cold This old house is growing so old Take a walk into the ballroom Now it hardly looks the same Now its chandelier is shattered Only stillness here remains Long ago there was the laughter Through the stories that were told This old house has grown so old Carefull of the stairs Don't sit on the broken chair Peole passing by Used to pause out in the square Now they go on by No one even stops to stare It's so all alone No one cares They'll tear down this house come morning Build a new one in its place Put an end to all its glory Put an end to all its grace And the Sun will set when evening comes Stars will fill the sky - And stars will fill the sky