[ [bad word] ]
I ain't a gonna need this house no longer 
Ain't a gonna need this house no more
Ain't got time to fix the shingles 
Ain't got time to fix the floor
Ain't got time to oil the hinges 
Nor to mend the window panes
I ain't gonna need this house no longer 
I'm gettin' ready to meet the saints

[ verse 1 ]
This ole house once knew my children 
This ole house once knew my wife
This ole house was joy [bad word] 
As we fought the storms of life
This ole house once rang with laughter 
This ole house heard many a shout
Now she trembles in the darkness 
Oh when the lightnin' walks about

[ [bad word] ]
I ain't a gonna need this house no longer...
Ain't a gonna need this house no more
Ain't got time to fix the shingles 
Ain't got time to fix the floor
Ain't got time to oil the hinges 
Nor to mend the window panes
I ain't gonna need this house no longer 
I'm gettin' ready to meet the saints

[ piano ]

[ verse 2 ]
Now my old hound dog lies a sleepin' 
He don't know I'm gonna leave
Else he'd wake up by the fireplace 
And he'd sit there and growl and grieve
But my huntin' days are over 
Ain't gonna hunt the coon no more
Gabriel done brought in my chariot 
When the wind blew down the door

[ [bad word] ]
I ain't a gonna need this house no longer...
Ain't a gonna need this house no more
Ain't got time to fix the shingles 
Ain't got time to fix the floor
Ain't got time to oil the hinges 
Nor to mend the window panes
I ain't gonna need this house no longer 
I'm gettin' ready to meet the saints