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
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 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
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 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
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 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