Rick Springfield: Stranger in the house [lyrics]

Rick Springfield: Stranger in the house [lyrics]

Rick Springfield

Stranger in the house

We don't talk much 

We don't make love like we used to 

And I stay guarded 

I've got walls and triggers 

I never thought I had 

And so do you 

But this is love 

And that's the way we seem content to play it

I touch your clothes when you're gone 

I let your scent wash over me 

You cry at night and you wish just like a child 

That we were how we used to be

There's a Stranger In The House 

In the house 

There's a Stranger In The House

In the house 

There's a Stranger In The House

In the house 

And she looks like somebody from a lifetime ago

I stonewall you, you stonewall me 

But we both know that 

Hiding deep inside us 

Lives the love that we try hard to lose 

And never will 

But this is war 

And that's the way we seem content to fight it

I get so angry and confused 'cause 

I want out but I want you 

You can't decide between moving out or moving in 

You don't know what to do

With a Stranger In The House

In the house 

There's a Stranger In The House

In the house 

There's a Stranger In The House

In the house 

And she looks like you 

And he looks like me

Is this the same girl that, I fought so hard to win 

And now I fight to lose her 

Now I feel that it's just like skin to skin 

And nerve to nerve 

Strung out like wire 

Is that the way we are content to live

We face off in anger 

In rooms once filled with love 

Looking for a chink in the armour 

Where we can stab the blade 

What are we thinking of

There's a Stranger In The House

In the house 

There's a Stranger In The House

In the house 

There's a Stranger In The House

In the house 

And she looks like somebody from a lifetime ago

There's a Stranger In The House

In the house 

There's a Stranger In The House

In the house 

There's a Stranger In The House

In the house