Two Tin Cans And A Length Of String

I'm finding it funny our future feels lighter despite all the weight and the bits of bad news

I will get stronger and you will get healthy like two child stars who nail their cues

Each scene is acted and beautifully crafted with rhythm and reason that's brilliantly true

The credits are rolling the crowd is applauding and there will be nothing but four-star reviews

We love you we love you we love you we love you

We love you we love we want you back home

Please understand that there's no need to worry

We're perfectly able of running the show

We love you we love you we love you we love you

We love you we love we want you back home

In the town where I grew up

There was no one else just the both of us

With two tin cans and a length of string

That carried the words from you to me

So we sat and we talked about

Sharing our days in every way

On a big pink porch with a broken swing

Sitting arm and arm and resting cheek to cheek

We'd blink our eyes

Exchange a smile

Knowing that this is the rest of our lives

This is love

I remember the day that the spot was found

The kids moved back just to help us out

You held yourself with such dignity

Saying the last thing I want is to burden you three

He would draw and she would read

And I would pray and the pets would sleep

I know that time wasn't so easy

But to me we never felt more like a family

This is love

After some time things got a little hard

So we checked you in and kept checking your charts

I wonder if any part of you knew

That two weeks later we'd be sharing the room

So we sat and we talked about

How we spent our years with the laughter and tears

On big white beds with old gray sheets

It was just like being back on that swing

This is love

In the town where I grew up

There was no one else just the both of us

On a big pink porch with a broken swing

Sitting arm and arm and resting cheek to cheek

Now this is love

We want you back home