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
I eat the fancy dinners with the tiny fork
You have a kind of playfulness that I adore
You've 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

I 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
I say that I'm sorry but I don't mean it

And you're the only person that 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