The kids are grown, the lawns been mowed
The trash is at the curb.
The cat's been fed, the mail's been read
It's all calm in our world.
The laundry's done, you're having fun
Watching TV again.
The bills are paid, but I've not been laid
Since I can't remember when.
Oh, things aren't gonna change around here.
But all I gotta do is say I'm going for a beer.
You'll think all is well, I'll never tell
'Cause I can see it's very clear
That things aren't gonna change around here.
A kiss each day as I go on my way
Is sweet as all get out
"I love you." "I love you too."
Of that there is no doubt
But sometimes a man gets in a jam
And needs a little more
Despite your love it's not enough
So please don't lock the door
Oh, things aren't gonna change around here
And all I gotta do is say I'm going for a beer
You'll think all is well, I'll never tell
'Cause I can see it's very clear
That things aren't gonna change around here.
If it gets late you shouldn't wait
To go to bed when you are through
Get a good night's sleep sweet dreams to keep
There's no way you'll have a clue
I'll leave no trace, no lipstick face
No numbers you'll run across
It's a one-time thing, I'll wear my ring
That way it won't get lost.
Oh, things aren't gonna change around here
So all I gotta do is say I'm going for a beer
You'll think all is well, I'll never tell
'Cause I can see it's very clear
That things aren't gonna change around here.
Commentary
IT'S A JOKE!
This is yet another song I wrote last year, the style is boozy like some of Jack Logan's songs ("New Used Car and a Plate of Barbeque" from "Bulk" comes to mind). Of course Jack's songwriting blows mine away, but a guy's gotta have inspiration.
I swear that this is a work of fiction, sometimes I write too darn literally for my own good as more than one person has taken this as having a kernal of truth. There are no kernals.
Ok, it's no masterpiece but what energizes me as a writer about this song? First the number of rhymes, every bloody line rhymes with something and there's all the internal rhymes too. Second, while it may be a "one joke" song there's more than one joke in it and not much is filler. Every line is a joke, or is setting up a joke, or is part of my telling the story.
And once again, IT'S A JOKE!!!!!
