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Not A Dry Eye In The House Lyrics
Not a dry eye in the house
After loves curtain comes down
Listen and you'll hear the sound
Hear the sound of a heart breaking
I can still see you standing there
Midnight wind blowin' through your hair
Remember kisses sweet in the salty air
When love was forever
Turn the page and we fade to blue
The scene has changed, now I'm without you
Well you just walked away when the act was through
And the dream was over
It was almost like a movie
The way you said goodbye
You must have a lot of time
Rehearsing each and every line
Now there's not a dry eye in the house
After love's curtain comes down
Listen and you'll hear the sound
Hear the sound of a heart breaking, breaking
Not a smile left on my face
The ending's just too sad to take
And there's not a dry eye
Not a dry eye in the house
The greatest story was you and me
We had it all, we had everything
But now the story's done, it's just history
The last act is over
Your every line had the sweetest sound
Your every touch turned my world around
But then the light came up and my world crashed down
End of show, it's over
It was almost like a movie
Those nights we touched the stars
Time stood still for you and I
Now it's sad enough to make you cry
Now there's not a dry eye in the house
After love's curtain comes down
Listen and you'll hear the sound
Hear the sound of a heart breaking, breaking
Not a smile left on my face
The ending's just too sad to take
And there's not a dry eye
Not a dry eye in the house
Act one
The story's just begun
Act two
I fell in love with you
Act three
Knew it was meant to be
Act four
You don't love me no more
Not a dry eye in the house
After love's curtain comes down
Listen and you'll hear the sound
Hear the sound of a heart breaking, breaking
Not a smile left on my face
The ending's just too sad to take
And there's not a dry eye
Not a dry eye
Not a dry eye in the house
After love's curtain comes down
Listen and you'll hear the sound
Hear the sound of a heart breaking
Breaking
Not a dry eye in the house
Not a dry eye in the house
Not a dry eye in the house
After loves curtain comes down
Listen and you'll hear the sound
Hear the sound of a heart breaking
Midnight wind blowin' through your hair
Remember kisses sweet in the salty air
When love was forever
The scene has changed, now I'm without you
Well you just walked away when the act was through
And the dream was over
The way you said goodbye
You must have a lot of time
Rehearsing each and every line
After love's curtain comes down
Listen and you'll hear the sound
Hear the sound of a heart breaking, breaking
Not a smile left on my face
The ending's just too sad to take
And there's not a dry eye
Not a dry eye in the house
We had it all, we had everything
But now the story's done, it's just history
The last act is over
Your every touch turned my world around
But then the light came up and my world crashed down
End of show, it's over
Those nights we touched the stars
Time stood still for you and I
Now it's sad enough to make you cry
After love's curtain comes down
Listen and you'll hear the sound
Hear the sound of a heart breaking, breaking
Not a smile left on my face
The ending's just too sad to take
And there's not a dry eye
Not a dry eye in the house
The story's just begun
Act two
I fell in love with you
Act three
Knew it was meant to be
Act four
You don't love me no more
After love's curtain comes down
Listen and you'll hear the sound
Hear the sound of a heart breaking, breaking
Not a smile left on my face
The ending's just too sad to take
And there's not a dry eye
Not a dry eye
After love's curtain comes down
Listen and you'll hear the sound
Hear the sound of a heart breaking
Breaking
Not a dry eye in the house
Not a dry eye in the house
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Totally cool song with comparing his relationship to a play!
Dammit! I just love this song!
I like too many of Meat Loaf's songs to label any of them as a favorite, but this one might be the exception. Lyrical genius, great melodies... ah. I love it.
Oh, and also, my favorite line... "Time stood still for you and I // Now it's sad enough to make you cry..."
Ain't that the truth...
I could never listen to this song if my relationship ended.......its so depressing and emotional, and the lyrics are so powerful...it could make a depressed person kill themself lol
Great metaphor, and one of my favorite meat loaf songs
Very sophisticated and ironical song. It is about a woman who is playing with him, who did not have a real relationship with him but went through a series of set scenes. At least partly such people play for the effect on those around them - hence the ironic "not a dry eye in the house" - taking her viewpoint and the effect she wants to create.
"It was almost like a movie - the way you said goodbye You must have spent a lot of time rehearsing each and every line"
The song is not a metaphor as suggested above, but the realisation that his lover was an actress. It is interesting that the song was written by a woman.
Of course there might be a deeper irony intended too, a sort of meta-irony, since of course singers are actors playing with our emotions...