Amanda Palmer - The Bed Song Lyrics
Exhibit AWe are friends in a sleeping bag splitting the heatWe have one filthy pillow to share and your lips are in my hairSomeone upstairs has a rat that we laughed atAnd people are drinkingAnd singing Van Halen and Slayer on a ukulele tearExhibit BWell, we found an apartmentIt’s not much to look atA futon on a floorTorn-off desktop for a doorAll the decor's made of milk crates and duct tapeAnd if we have sexThey can hear us through the floorBut we don’t do that anymoreAnd I lay there wondering, what is the matter?Is this a matter of worse or of better?You took the blanket, so I took the bedsheetBut I would have held you if you'd onlyLet meExhibit CLook how quaintAnd how quiet and privateOur paychecks have bought us a condo in townIt's the nicest flat aroundYou picked a mattress and had it deliveredAnd I walked upstairsAnd the sight of it made my heart poundAnd I wrapped my arms around meAnd I stood there wondering, what is the matter?Is this a matter of worse or of better?You walked right past me and straightened the coversBut I would still love you if you wanted a loverAnd you saidAll the money in the worldWon't buy a bed so big and wideTo guarantee that you won't accidentally touch meIn the nightExhibit DNow we're both mostly paralyzedDon't know how long we've been lying here in fearToo afraid to even feelI find my glasses and you turn the light outRoll off on your sideLike you've rolled away for yearsHolding back those king-size tearsAnd I still don't ask you, what is the matter?Is this a matter of worse or of better?You take the heart failureI'll take the cancerI've long stopped wondering why you don't answerExhibit EYou can certainly see how fulfilling a lifeFrom the cost and size of stone of our final resting homeWe got some nice ones right under a cherry treeYou and me lying the only way we knowSide by side and still and coldAnd I finally ask you, what was the matter?Was it a matter of worse or of better?You stretch your arms out and finally face meYou say I would have told youIf you'd only asked meIf you'd only asked meIf you'd only asked me
