Put the Kids to Bed - Ron Gallo

Put the kids to bed, I need you to lie beside me

Remind me that I’m dead

The guest room, two spools of thread, I hide the needle

Behind the bed with my garter belt

And my cigarette

Well, while the little one’s asleep, I need you to tell me lies

To fill my empty uninspired mind, oh…

Hook:

When we were young we said one day

Honey, you and I, we’re gonna share a grave

I didn’t know it would come so soon

No, I didn’t know it would come so soon

The feeling in my belly of living with but not loving you

It keeps me longer at the corner store

Smilin' out of necessity, just showin' teeth

To keep the peace, workin' out

To induce sleep, so

As I happily avoid you

Hook:

When we were young we said one day

Honey, you and I, we’re gonna share a grave

I didn’t know it would come so soon

No, I didn’t know it would come so soon

No, I didn’t know…

Put the kids to bed

It’s about time but I assume my role

Just hiding my black holes

Beneath blankets of love

Gone

Cold