Burt Bacharach
This Empty Place
[Verse 1]
There's an empty place beside me
When I'm walkin' down the street
That's the place where you used to walk
The place where you held my hand
Now, I reach, and all I touch is space
An empty, empty place

[Chorus]
Sadness and tears that's all you left to me
They're such bad souvenirs
Of a love that once was made so very real
The greatest love
Reaching all the way to the stars above

[Post-Chorus]
And now there's not a star left in the sky
And if you don't come back to me I'll die
Only your embrace
Can fill this empty place

[Instrumental Break]

[Verse 2]
If I don't fill this emptiness
I know that I'll lose my mind
Looking out and only seeing space
An empty, empty place
[Chorus]
Ah, sadness and tears that's all you left to me
They're such bad, bad souvenirs
Of a love that once was made so very real
The greatest love
Reaching all the way to the stars above

[Post-Chorus]
But now there's not a star left in the sky
And if you don't come back to me I'll die
Only your embrace
Can fill this empty place

[Outro]
Come back, come back, come back to me
Come back and fill my empty arms
I need your lovin' darling
Your lips are lovin' darling
Come back, come back, come back to me
Come back and fill my empty arms
I need your lovin' darling
Your lips are lovin' darling
Come back, come back, come back to me
Come back and fill my empty arms