Happenstance

We built this thing from the ground up, babe

Doesn’t that make you proud

We stand back and stare with dropped jaws at all we have made

Started out on a Tuesday, Wednesday

Leaning against my car

Radio on, passenger door ajar

I tried to gather whether somebody else had your heart; would I dare to take a stab in the dark

Little did I know though, know though

What had begun occurring under my nose

Little did I know that I’d be sleeping under your covers through the whole year, honey

Actor and an actress; I was playing a role so real

Caught you off guard, contemplate how to feel

I’m thinking we put it down to time and place and event

Name our behaviour as irrelevant

But a day well spent was paving the path that was lying ahead

And two tongues so tied, they loosened to learn one another with time

For here we are in the summer’s heat, Brunswick St

Love far from turning sour

Headed for breakfast at some ungodly hour

And while I live in your pockets, you inhabit my plans

I guess my waist remains a good resting place for your hands

Boy in your mind did you know it then

One night with me would turn into a whole weekend, and then some

Didn’t foresee it, thought you were out of my league

Who knew your hazardous gaze would amplify your prestige

On a day well spent; it was paving the path that was lying ahead

And two tongues so tied, they loosened to learn one another with time

Look at us now, merely in sync

Living this easy I’m beginning to think

We’re onto a good thing, maybe even the best

Little did we know that we’d take a chance on a case of happenstance

I wonder when you play it in reverse

Do you find the thought oh so comical it hurts

The people we are now once never could have known how

We built this thing from the ground up, babe

And doesn’t that make you proud

‘Cause a day well spent was paving the path that was lying ahead

And two eyes so bright would haunt you ’til you saw them at the end of every night

Look at us now, merely in sync

Living this easy I’m beginning to think

We’re onto a good thing, maybe even the best

Little did we know that we’d take a chance on a case of happenstance