1. My father sits at night with no lights on
2. My friends from college they're all married now
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
1. I walk by, no re - mark
2. Tearful nights, angry dawns
1. I tiptoe past the master bedroom where
2. Their children hate them for the things they're not
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
1. But I forgot how to dream
2. Close the wound, hide the scars
But you say it's time we moved in together
And raised a family of our own, you and me
Well, that's the way I've always heard it should be
You want to marry me, we'll marry