A House Is Not A Home
Written by Burt Bacharach and Hal David
ハル・デイヴィッド(詞)・バカラック(曲) 作品，続けて紹介します。
知られた作品をあまり当たり前でない録音で聴くことにより，ハル・デイヴィッドの古典的な詞づくりがより浮かび上がって伝わる..かもしれない，
そんな主旨で選曲しています。
収録アルバム
Shirley Bassey/12 of Those Songs
EMI Columbia, 1968
A chair is still a chair
Even when there's no one sitting there
But a chair is not a house
And a house is not a home
When there's no one there to hold you tight,
And no one there you can kiss good night.
A room is still a room
Even when there's nothing there but gloom;
But a room is not a house,
And a house is not a home
When the two of us are far apart
And one of us has a broken heart.
Now and then I call your name
And suddenly your face appears
But it's just a crazy game
When it ends it ends in tears.
Darling, have a heart,
Don't let one mistake keep us apart.
I'm not meant to live alone.
Turn this house into a home.
When I climb the stair and turn the key,
Oh, please be there still in love with me.