I guess there must be something I don't comprehend / Sparrows have companions / Even stray dogs have a friend

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Lonely House

(from the musical "Street Scene")
music: Kurt Weill
lyrics: Langston Hughes
linked cover by Betty Carter

At night when everything is quiet
This old house seems to breathe a sigh
Sometimes I hear a neighbor snoring
Sometimes I can hear a baby cry

Sometimes I can hear a staircase creaking
Sometimes a distant telephone
Oh, and when the night settles down again
This old house and I are all alone

Lonely house, lonely me
Funny with so many neighbors
How lonesome you can be

Lonely town, lonely street
Funny, you can be so lonely
With all these folks around

I guess there must be something
I don't comprehend
Sparrows have companions
Even stray dogs have a friend

The night for me is not romantic
Unhook the stars and take them down!
I'm lonely in this lonely house
here in this lonely town