Lyrics to
Is There Anyone Home

This version of Is There Anyone Home was released by Gordon Lightfoot in 1974.

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Is there anyone home in this house made of stone?
Anyone inside know my name
I’ve been around for a half of a hundred days.
Never saw a door shut so tight
Turn around, don’t look down
There’s a man behind you with a gun
Like any wandering child in the wilderness,
Wild and uncaged are your ways
I think I heard
Someone stirred
I think I heard
Someone stirred

There’s a light around you
I’ve come to switch it on
It will brighten every room
Don’t be ashamed if you feel a whole lot warmer in you heart.
You got that feelin’ in your soul

Is there anyone home in this house made of stone?
Anyone in there who might care
I’ve grown weary and wise and I feel much amazed.
Got a few good tales to unwind
Turn around, don’t look down
There’s a man behind you with a gun.
Like any wandering minstrel I’ve dawned in the house of a thousand delights.

I think I heard
Someone stirred
I think I heard
Someone stirred
I think I heard
Someone stirred
I think I heard
Someone stirred
I think I heard
Someone stirred
I think I heard
Someone stirred

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The lyrics to Is There Anyone Home are the words, verses and chorus for the song released by Gordon Lightfoot in 1974. Elements of the lyrics to Is There Anyone Home are both direct in meaning and also metaphorical with the real meanings of the song only known by Gordon Lightfoot and any collaborating writers working on the lyrics for Is There Anyone Home back when it was created.

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