Cleaning House

I went to my kitchen closet and I reached in for my broom,

I thought I oughta do something to straighten up my room,

I summoned up some courage right down to my last ounce,

And if it up and kills me, I'm gonna clean this house.

Forsaken like a stranger in a place I call my home,

I find a sad reminder in everything I own,

The bed won't let me sleep at night and I been lied to by the phone,

And I can't believe our front door could ever let you go.

 

So I'm cleanin' House, Stir up the dirt,

Cleanin' House, Sweep out the hurt,

Cleanin' House, Pick up the parts, of this broken heart,

Cleanin' House, There's dust and gloom,

Cleanin' House, in every room,

The mess that's left I'm throwin' out,

There's work to do and I'm cleanin' house.

Then I burned our old love letters from when romance was new,

And as the flames grew colder it reminded me of you,

I swept those cheatin' footprints that you tracked across the floor,

And when this house is spotless, I won't need you anymore.