Folded Laundry
When all the stupid things I obsessed about-didn’t matter
and all the little things I figured out-began to shatter me
all the things I thought you were about-weren’t so apparent
all the reasons that I sought you out-were vanishing before me
There were so many things I knew we’d do-our life together
I saw the sunny days and I saw blue-and stormy weather
I had resigned myself to wait for you-till it got better
until I saw my dreams never coming true-I knew no other way.
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I fell apart so neatly, like folded laundry
I’m not a dry-clean only, just don’t forget me
don’t hang me out to dry, with or without you
your cycles wore me out, but I really miss you.
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And every lyric that won’t bear your name-I live my story
we don’t talk or play each other’s games-just ignore me
don’t even tell me why you came-to stand before me
why can’t you see you’re killing me-in your own treachery.
I knew you’d slept all day and drank all night-and it’s not over
I wish I could say it was just a fight-and let go of it
everyday that goes by finds me hoping you’ll come home to me
but hope is tragic and the growing hurts-it don’t come easily.
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