The coffee's on the counter

The lipstick on the cup

The years are in the lines on

The face you're making up

The news is on the TV

The soaps are done by 10

The kids are in the care of

The hands you left them in

Take the cake out of the freezer

And leave it in the sun

Alone for eight more hours

It's time enough to run

There's a little diner off the highway out of state

With a poster on the wall of houses in the Bay

It was 20 years ago, someone would touch your face

And listen with their heart to anything you had to say

Count your blessings, bills are paid

It's just easier this way

Window dressing, choices made

It's just easier

Fairy tales and teenage dreams

Roll up nice and tight and neat

You'll forget they even lived

And you'll learn how to forgive

You made a reservation

Invited all your friends

You're past the hesitation

Cuz you know how to bend

What are people thinking

You know just what they'll say

But you can't bear the boredom

They're jealous anyway

Someone's husband reaches for

A glass of Chardonnay

It's not quite like the movies

But it's easier this way

In a couple hours you might find a way to be

Focused on the flowers out the window on the tree

In another 20 years it'll be a memory

While you're staring at the wall and stirring sugar into tea

Count your blessings, bills are paid

It's just easier this way

Window dressing, choices made

It's just easier

Fairy tales and teenage dreams

Roll up nice and tight and neat

You'll forget they even lived

And you'll learn to forgive

Forgive yourself the choice to stay

Learn the part you chose to play

It's just easier this way

And I know you'll be okay

It's just easier this way