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One Less Bell to Answer/A House Is Not a Home by Keely Smith/Dionne Warwick (Barbra Streisand version) is a mash-up, featured in Home, the sixteenth episode of Season One. It is sung by April and Will.
They sing it when April invites herself to sleep over. They both sing that they should be happy their respective relationships are over because they were bad (April was a mistress, and Will was lied to). But, as the song says: "all they do is cry."
The song is also a reprise of A House Is Not a Home, that Kurt and Finn sing earlier in the episode.
Lyrics[]
April:
One less bell to answer
One less egg to fry
One less man to pick up after
I should be happy
But all I do is cry
Will:
Cry, cry, no more laughter
April:
Oh, I should be happy
Will:
Oh, why did she go?
April:
I only know that since he left my life's so empty (Will: Oh, oh)
Though I try to forget it just can't be done
Each time the doorbell rings, I still run
April and Will:
I don't know how in the world
April:
To stop thinking of him
Will:
I should be happy
April:
'Cause I still love him so
I end each day the way I start out (Will: I start and end each day crying)
Crying my heart out
Will:
One less bell to answer
April:
One less egg to fry
One less man
Will:
One less man
April:
To pick up after
Will:
No more
April:
No more laughter
April and Will:
No more love
April:
Since he went away
Will:
Since she went away
April:
Since he went away, oooh
A chair is still a chair
Even when there's no one sitting there
Well, I'm not meant to live alone
Turn this house into a home
When I climb the stair and turn the key
Oh, please be there
Still in love with me
Will:
One less bell to answer
April:
Each time the doorbell rings, I still run
Will:
One less egg to fry
April:
I'm lucky I've got one less man
Will:
One less man
April:
To pick up after
Will:
No more
April:
No more laughter
April and Will:
No more love
April:
Since he went away
Will:
Since she went away
April:
Since he went away
April and Will:
All I do is cry
Trivia[]
- Naya Rivera stated this song was her favorite song from Season One at the Comic-Con 2010.
- Matthew Morrison and Kristin Chenoweth reprised the song at the 2011 MusiCares gala, which honoured Barbra Streisand.
- Kristin sings this song on her 2012 concert tour with backup singer/dancer Will Taylor.
- Kristin had previously sung and recorded A House Is Not A Home for the Broadway show Promises, Promises.
- The song is not an original mash-up by Glee, but by Barbra Streisand.
- This is the first of the five songs by Barbra Streisand sung on the show, the others being Happy Days Are Here Again, Being Good Isn't Good Enough, Make No Mistake (She's Mine), and What Kind of Fool.
Gallery[]
Videos[]
Barbra Streisand one less bell to answer a house is not a home
Glee - One Less Bell To Answer A House Is Not A Home full performance HD
Glee Cast - One Less Bell to Answer A House is Not a Home
Glee - One Less Bell To Awnser A House In Not A Home (Acapella)