They got 5 televisions In a house built for 3 Look up on that fake fireplace You know the bucktoothed boy's me See that wood paneled room' That's where I learned to drink See that hole in the wall' That was seagrams I think
That tree was a goal post That bathroom it was a shroud That closet it was a phone booth That mirror was a crowd See that guy with the bad knees And his heart on his sleeve' Watch him slip me ten dollar When it comes time to leave
It's been five years and some change And this world is getting so strange But this house smells just the same But my mom can't remember my name
I sit on her bed and kiss right behind the ear She calls out for a dog that's been dead for a year I say how is it going' Like I didn't know Hold on to both of her hands too afraid to let her go And five times exactly no more or no less She says how you been eating boy' Isa, okay I guess In this room where she made me each day she grows weak She flips on the Golden Girls and the first tear hits my cheek