Broke into
the old apartment
This is where
we used to live
Broken glass
Broke and hungry
Broken hearts
and broken bones
This is where
we used to live
Why did you
paint the walls
Why did you
clean the floor
Why did you plaster over
the hole I punched
in the door
This is where
we used to live
Why did you
keep the mousetrap
Why did you
keep the dishrack
These things
used to be mine
I guess they still are
I want them back
Broke into
the old apartment
Forty-Two stairs
from the street
Crooked landing
Crooked landlord
Narrow laneway
filled with crooks
This is where
we used to live
Why did they
pave the lawn
Why did they
change the locks
Why did I
have to break it
I only came here to talk
This is where
we used to live
How is the
neighbor downstairs
How is her
temper this year
I turned up your TV
and stomped on the floor
just for fun
I know we don't
live here anymore
We bought an old
house on the Danforth
She loves me and her
body keeps me warm
And I'm happy there
This is where we used to live
Broke into
the old apartment
Tore the phone
out of the wall
Only memories
Fading memories
Blending into dull tableaux
I want them back
This is where we used to live
This is where we used to live
This is where we used to live