Ashtray Monument

Free, alone

The predawn white light's coming on

Bottle on the nightstand

I count disasters on my free hands now

Run for cover there's a big one coming

You'll be lucky if you're at ground zero

No one said that this life was easy

Did that no one ever live a life this hard?

It gets hard, the bills are scattered in the yard

Ashtray monument

A life spent waiting in cement comes down

Run for cover there's a big one coming

You'll be lucky if it's got you number

No one said that this life was easy

Did that no one ever live a life this hard?

It gets hard, the bills are scattered in the yard

After all, it's not that bad

I still have pictures, I look back

At all the things that we once did

You said "I love you" I guess you did

Remember our life?

I did the dishes while you read out loud

Best friends, strangers now

Were our kids all we could call common ground?

After all, it's not that bad

I still have pictures, I look back

At all the things that we once did

You said "I love you" I guess you did