And other days - 87dance

Welcome to our house On Maple Avenue See how we polish and we shine We rearrange and realign Everything is balanced and... And... Days, and days, and days That's how it happens Days, and days, and days Made of lunches And car rides And shirts and socks And grades And piano And no one clocks the day you disappear Days, and days, and days That's how it happens Days, and days, and days Made of posing And bragging And fits of rage And boys, my god, some of them underage! And, oh, how did it all happen here? There was a time your father swept me off my feet with words We read books Strolled through Munich at night Drank beer with friends Discussed the places we would go And he said I understood how the world made him ache But no, but no... That's how it happens Days Made of bargains I made because I thought as a wife I was meant to And now my life is shattered and laid bare Days, and days, and days, and days And days, and days, and days Welcome to our house on Maple Avenue See how we polish and we shine We rearrange and realign Everything is balanced and serene Like chaos never happens if it's never seen Don't you come back here I didn't raise you To give away your days Like me

Boring, old, normal, how attractive it seems Since life came and kicked a great big hole in my dreams Now I read all the words on the tins on the shelf And I try to remember to be kind to myself And the days keep crawlin' past Just how long can this emptiness last? Just give me something I can fix my eyes on A hint of hope out on the far horizon Good days and bad days, I have no doubt I could get by if they'd just even 'em out Well, I just can't shake off this great weight that I feel Get up and get dressed, shouldn't be such a big deal And now I don't know where things end or begin The day of the week or the state that I'm in But the days keep crawlin' past Just how long can this emptiness last? Just give me something I can fix my eyes on A hint of hope out on the far horizon Good days and bad days, I have no doubt I could get by if they'd just even 'em out Now I'm spending my days like I'm lost in a fog I got nowhere to walk that big old black dog And I just can't believe what this has done to my health So don't judge me too harshly, I can do that myself And the days blur into one I just can't seem to get anything done Just give me something I can fix my eyes on A hint of hope out on the far horizon Good days and bad days, I have no doubt I could get by if they'd just even 'em out I could get by if they'd just even 'em out

As the time slips through your fingers Till it's almost time to go And the morning breaks between us And the ice melts into snow. I'm alright loving you I'm alright loving you Love and other bruises didn't have to choose us But it did and I'm alive and I'm trying to survive Love and other bruises makes us all good losers I can't help it talking loud it's because I'm on a cloud. Won't you please take me home Won't you please please take me home I'm so mixed up over you I don't want to be alone. I'm alright loving you I'm alright loving you Love and other bruises didn't have to choose us But it did and I'm alive and I'm trying to survive Love and other bruises make us all good losers I can't help it talking loud it's because I'm on a cloud Love and other bruises makes us all good losers I can't help it talking loud it's because I'm on a cloud.