I cover ground and

Get around a lot these days

And I meet a lotta people, too

An' if it takes a broken heart

To know one, well,

I'm seein' lotsa shades of blue

(shades of blue)



The wealthy part of town

Done got the Yuletide bug

And the decoration store does fine

But sometimes on a dark and

Country backwoods road

I pass a little shack that shines

(shack that shines)



It doesn't matter much

What kind of house you got

As long as it's a happy home

Or if your lover's love

Ain't burnin' blue flame hot

As long as you don't feel alone

(feel alone)



What kind of house you got

Won't make it real or not

What kind of car you drive

Won't keep your love alive



What kind of house you got

Won't make it real or not

What kind of car you drive

Won't keep your love alive



The stairway up to heaven's

Made of rough hewn boards

And Christ is on a hard nail throne

I wonder, stuck in traffic with a low fuel light,

If there's time to change the road we're on

(road we're on)



It doesn't matter much

What kind of house you got

As long as it's a happy home

Or if your lover's love

Ain't burnin' blue flame hot

As long as you don't feel alone



It doesn't matter much

What kind of house you got

As long as it's a happy home

Or if your lover's love

Ain't burnin' blue flame hot

As long as you don't feel alone

(feel alone)