Ordinary Dance

Come up to the house and ring the bell

Beware the second step is rotted through

And all across the lawn the fallen leaves

Behind the door the shuffling of feet

A face appears between the parted blinds

Just haunted by the heaviness of time

And click the lock and slowly creak the door

And nobody remembers anymore

Nobody remembers anymore, it’s just another story that never got told

And ordinary dance across an ordinary floor

Nobody remembers anymore

Inside the house the air it doesn’t move

A tv set recycling the news

And pictures on the table by the stairs

Just gathering the dust of passing years

And everything is changing in this town

The supermarket aisles are bright and loud

And telephones and complicated wars

And nobody remembers anymore

And oh, oh my god, i wanted to do something great

And oh, but i loved, and i guess that’ll do anyway

And all the kids are grown and gone away

You know times were tough but they turned out ok

They come to visit once or twice a year

They clean the gutter, fix the broken stair

And who will ever know the time is right

And the lucky ones they just turn out the light

Close their eyes and let their breathing slow

And nobody remembers anymore