Lyrics
There's a house beside my house With a lamp that burns till two I have never heard it laugh I have never seen it through Just a shadow at the window Just a kettle's morning sigh Just a gate that's always closed As the autumn passes by Hello, quiet neighbour Can you hear me through the wall I am humming low and softly Not to bother you at all Hello, quiet neighbour If you're lonesome, so am I Let's leave our lights on, both of us Beneath the same wide sky Once a pie dish on my step With a note I couldn't read Smudged in rain and pencil But I took it as a seed So I left a jar of honey On the stone beside your gate And in the morning, it was gone And my heart felt less of weight Hello, quiet neighbour Can you hear me through the wall I am humming low and softly Not to bother you at all Hello, quiet neighbour If you're lonesome, so am I Let's leave our lights on, both of us Beneath the same wide sky We may never say a thing Only wave across the fence But a light left on is language And a small thing makes good sense You hang your washing slowly I watch the sheets go white We are strangers, but we're keeping The same slow night Tonight your lamp is brighter And I think I heard you hum The same tune that I whisper Over dishes, soft and numb So I'll tap the wall in rhythm Once, then twice, then three And a small tap tap comes back And it's enough for me Hello, quiet neighbour Can you hear me through the wall I am humming low and softly Not to bother you at all Hello, quiet neighbour If you're lonesome, so am I Let's leave our lights on, both of us Beneath the same wide sky Beneath the same wide sky