Give and take of a typical marital relationship from a man’s perspective. A case of horse-trading. Her insecurity and discontent for his drinking and public embarrassments. But despite the warts they no longer bother to hide from each other (or maybe because of), there's still a primal attraction.
Style/Mood: Shuffle rock. Laid-back, breezy.
Lyrics
There you go sitting there
Wishing you had curly hair
Worried that you're overweight
And might end up like your mum
And have I seen your first grey hairs
And if not why not don't I care
And why is it no one ever telephones you
You've always got to be the one
Come over here sit on my knee
I'm always good for sympathy
I've heard it all a thousand times
But you know I'm not complaining
Just be there when I fall down
Dead drunk on some stony ground
Make excuses while people whisper
“That boy don't deserve that girl”
Renae and Dan couldn't make a kid
No matter how they tried or what they did
Now they're doing strange things on an in-vitro plan
Man what a brave new world
Now you and me just have to look at each other
Take off our glasses and run for cover
Kids poppin' out all over the place
Guess Fate gave us the finger
You come home tired dissatisfied
With work with home with kids with life
And especially me
I never can be all the things you want
But there's nowhere to go and there's nothing to do
Burnt too many bridges getting to be you
Poor Cinderella's slumming again
When her prince puts on his rags
Come over here sit on my knee
You need more than sympathy
See the Lady fall into grace
See how she's freefalling
She's the Queen of Space the Queen of Time
The Lady's leaving it all behind
She's got the world as the world should be
And me I'm not complaining
Just be there when I'm a clown
Breaking china in Chinatown
Pick up the pieces smile when they say
“That boy don't deserve that girl
That boy don't deserve that girl
That boy definitely doesn't deserve that girl”
