Original Four Tops version
(Seven rooms) I see a house, a house of stone
(Filled with gloom) A lonely house 'cause now you've gone
(Just seven rooms of gloom) Seven rooms, that's all it is, seven rooms of gloom
(Filled with emptiness without your tenderness) I live with emptiness without your tenderness
You took the dream I had for us
Turned my dreams into dust
I watch a phone that never rings
I watch a door that never rings
Bring you back into my life
Turn this darkness into light
I'm all alone in this house
Turn this house to a home
I need your touch to comfort me
Your tender, tender arms that once held me
(Seven rooms) Without your love, your love inside
(Filled with gloom) This house is just a place to run and hide
(Just seven rooms of gloom) Seven rooms, that's all it is, seven rooms of gloom
(Filled with emptiness without your tenderness) Rooms of emptiness without your tenderness
Don't make me live from day to day
Watching a clock that ticks away
Another day, another way
Another reason for me to say
I need you here, here with me
I need you, darling, desperately
I'm all alone, all alone
In this house that's not a home
I miss your love I once had known
I miss your kiss that was my very, very own
(Seven rooms) Empty silence surrounding me
(Filled with gloom) Lonely walls they stare at me
(Just seven rooms of gloom) Seven rooms, that's all it is, rooms of gloom
(Filled with emptiness without your tenderness) I live with emptiness without your tenderness
All the windows are painted black
I wait right here till you come back
I'll keep waiting, waiting
'Til your face again I see
(Coming back)
(When are you coming back...)
[Fades out]
7 ROOMS OF GLOOM is a song written by Holland–Dozier–Holland (a songwriting and production team consisting of Lamont Dozier and brothers Brian and Eddie Holland) and released by Four Tops as a single in 1967. The above lyrics are for the original Four Tops version of 7 ROOMS OF GLOOM as released in 1967.
Bruce Springsteen recorded 7 ROOMS OF GLOOM and released it on his 2022 album Only The Strong Survive. See the album version for more details.
List of available versions of 7 ROOMS OF GLOOM on this website:
7 ROOMS OF GLOOM [Album version]