Bm G
1. My father sits at night with no lights on
2. My friends from college they're all married now
3. You say we can keep our love alive
Bm G Dm
1. His cigarette glows in the dark; The living room is still
2. They have their houses and their lawns; They have their silent noons
3. Babe, all I know is what I see; The couples cling and claw
C7M Em/B Am/G G# G
1. I walk by, no re - mark
2. Tearful nights, angry dawns
3. And drown in love's debris
Bm G
1. I tiptoe past the master bedroom where
2. Their children hate them for the things they're not
3. You say we'll soar like two birds through the clouds
Bm G Dm
1. My mother reads her magazines; I hear her call sweet dreams
2. They hate themselves for what they r; And yet they drink, they laugh
3. But soon you'll cage me on your shelf; I never learn to be just
Cmaj7 Em/B Am/G G# G
1. But I forgot how to dream
2. Close the wound, hide the scars
3. me first, By myself
F Em
But you say it's time we moved in together
Dm C7M
And raised a family of our own, you and me
F Em
Well, that's the way I've always heard it should be
A D
You want to marry me, we'll marry