Doesn't Lenny Live Here Anymore Lyrics - Phil Ochs

You laugh at the people 

Who walk outside on the sidewalk 

And you talk to yourself so much 

When you see other people you can't talk 

This time it's true 

The charade is through 

And you can't seem to run away from you 

Away from you 

And the haggard ex-lover of a long-time loser 

Stands dejectedly by the door 

Doesn't Lenny live here anymore? 

Are you sure? 

You sit at the desk 

To lose your life in a letter 

But the words don't seem to come 

And you know that they're [unverified] better 

And it's all so strange 

Pictures lose their frame 

And I'll bet you never guessed 

There was so much pain 

So much pain 

Until the haggard 

Ex-lover of a long-time loser 

Stands dejectedly by the door 

Doesn't Lenny live here anymore? 

Are you sure? 

The moon, she shines too soon and simply sadly 

You loved your love so much that you'd strangle her madly 

And it's all so slow time has ceased to flow 

And the whistling whore knows something you don't know 

And the haggard ex-lover of a long-time loser 

Stands dejectedly by the door 

Doesn't Lenny live here anymore? 

Are you sure? 

You swore you'd store your love for one time only 

Now you searched the books in vain 

For better word for lonely 

And you're torn apart no other love will start 

And you, you'd like to steal a happy heart 

A happy heart 

Then the haggard ex-lover of a long-time loser 

Stands dejectedly by the door 

Doesn't Lenny live here anymore? 

Are you sure? 

The fat official smiles 

At the pass on the border 

And the hungry broom makes 

Sure that the room is in order 

You pull the shade 

All the beds are made 

As your lips caress 

The razor of the blade 

Of the blade 

And the haggard ex-lover of a long-time loser 

Stands dejectedly by the door 

Doesn't Lenny live here anymore? 

Are you sure? 

The soul of the sun shines 

Just outside of the winter 

The shoulders charged 

The boards of the barricade 

Is splintered 

Now at last alone 

The flashlight is shown 

Hello inside is there anybody home? 

Anybody home? 

It's the haggard ex-lover of a long-time loser 

Standing dejectedly by the door 

Doesn't Lenny live here anymore? 

Are you sure? 

Are you sure? 

Are you sure?