On the outside lookin' in at an empty house of pride Piggy banks were too expensive so we saved up in a jar What little bit we got when we sold off our old car I'd leave for work real early so I could hitch a ride Cause we were saving up to build a lovely house of pride We found life don't hold much pleasure when you're squeezing every cent Love slipped right through our fingers and down the drain it went We could have saved our marriage instead we have our pride So we never got to move into our lovely house of pride There it stands on the tallest hill in town In those staring vacant leaves, forlornly all around That house is not a home, cause no family lives inside No our house will never be a home, just an empty house of pride No our house will never be a home, just an empty house of pride