Playhouse

Staring at the mirror in the bathroom

Sink into the girl I am away from you

I’ve been sick but haven’t been drinking much

I bet that it’s the other stuff

I hang out at your house with the tennis court

Eat the fancy dinners with the tiny forks

You have a kind of playfulness that I adore

You never really had to grow up before

I guess I could play house with you

I guess life could be easy for me too

If I do

But I know debt and I know dirt

I know the unrelenting earth

And it’s true that I would choose that

Always got the sense you felt respected

When I treated you just like a little kid

I bring up the money and you throw a fit

Then I say that I’m sorry but I don’t mean it

You’re the only one who can make me cry

Laughing 'til I feel the joy split my sides

Heartache settles in hot and tight

I love you but I can’t keep putting up fights

I guess I could play house with you

I guess life could be easy for me too

If I do

But I know debt and I know dirt

I know the unrelenting earth

And I knew that I would choose that

I still have a shirt you bought me last year

And it’s worth about half of my rent here

I did not object, I took what’s given

Just like you did