I'll watch and learn
from afar
I'll pull the weeds
from my heart and
put lipstick on
for your family party
in the garden
I stare at the house
you were brought up in
All the photographs
and door frames are wooden
I wish I'd known you
when you were younger
Before lovers
Cause I've changed my accent
and I gave a false name
I hope I throw a party
in a house of my own some day
When you were a kid
you'd come in
through the back gate
Your folks left a light on
in case you get home late
I bet you grew up
eating at the table
Fed love from silver spoons
Reasons to be grateful
You ask about kids
I don't know if I'm able
I bet you grew up being asked
how your day was
I bet you grew up
grazing your knees
but the fall wasn't fatal
like it was for me
We're the product of love
that we do not receive
I'll corrupt every branch
of this family tree
I spilt the good wine
I panicked
A disaster
a knee jerk reaction
Then everyone around us
starts laughing
Is that how
it's meant to happen
Your mother said
I'm always welcome to visit
to take second helpings
I said no thanks
I'm so full on resentment
that I learned to
fend for myself but
You were sweet
I got mean
and when we fight
I refuse to eat
You're sensible
I'm hating it
What a good job
that your mother did
You were kind
I was cruel
In another life
maybe I was you
and I grew up
into something good
Somebody who could
swallow love
I bet you grew up
eating at the table
Fed love from silver spoons
Reasons to be grateful
You ask about kids
I don't know if I'm able
I bet you grew up being asked
how your day was
I bet you grew up
grazing your knees
but the fall wasn't fatal
like it was for me
We're the product of love
that we do not receive
I'll corrupt every branch
of this family tree
Silver spoons
and butter knives
Living hand to mouth
I'm getting by
Your love is spreading thin
but my medicine
goes down alright
Silver spoons
and butter knives
Living hand to mouth
I'm getting by
Your love is spreading thin
but my medicine
goes down alright
Silver spoons
and butter knives
Living hand to mouth
I'm getting by
Your love is spreading thin
but my medicine
goes down alright
Silver spoons
and butter knives
Living hand to mouth
I'm getting by
Just feed me love
and give it time
Oh maybe in another life