MY FATHER
SITS AT NIGHT WITH
NO LIGHTS ON
HIS CIGARETTE GLOWS
IN THE DARK
THE LIVING ROOM
IS STILL
I WALK BY NO REMARK
I TIPTOE PAST
THE MASTER
BEDROOM WHERE
MY MOTHER READS
HER MAGAZINES
I HEAR HER
CALL SWEET DREAMS
BUT I FORGET
HOW TO DREAM
BUT YOU SAY
IT'S TIME WE
MOVED IN TOGETHER
AND RAISED A FAMILY
OF OUR OWN
YOU AND ME
WELL THAT'S THE WAY
I'VE ALWAYS HEARD
IT SHOULD BE
YOU WANT TO MARRY ME
WE'LL MARRY
MY FRIENDS
FROM COLLEGE
THEY'RE ALL MARRIED
NOW
THEY HAVE THEIR HOUSES
AND THEIR LAWNS
THEY HAVE THEIR
SILENT NOONS
TEARFUL NIGHTS
ANGRY DAWNS
THEIR CHILDREN
HATE THEM
FOR THE THINGS
THEY'RE NOT
THEY HATE THEMSELVES
FOR WHAT THEY ARE
AND YET THEY DRINK
THEY LAUGH
CLOSE THE WOUND
HIDE THE SCAR
BUT YOU SAY
IT'S TIME
WE MOVED IN
TOGETHER
RAISED A FAMILY OF
OUR OWN
YOU AND ME
WELL THAT'S THE WAY
I'VE ALWAYS HEARD
IT SHOULD BE
YOU WANT TO MARRY ME
WE'LL MARRY
YOU SAY THAT WE CAN
KEEP OUR LOVE ALIVE
BABE ALL I KNOW IS
WHAT I SEE
THE COUPLES CLING
AND CLAW
AND DROWN
IN LOVE'S DEBRIS
YOU SAY
WE'LL SOAR
LIKE TWO BIRDS
THROUGH THE CLOUDS
BUT SOON
YOU'LL CAGE ME
ON YOUR SHELF
I'LL NEVER LEARN
TO BE JUST ME FIRST
BY MYSELF
WELL OKAY IT'S TIME
WE MOVED IN TOGETHER
AND RAISED A FAMILY
OF OUR OWN
YOU AND ME
WELL THAT'S THE WAY
I'VE ALWAYS HEARD
IT SHOULD BE
YOU WANT TO MARRY ME
WE'LL MARRY