Romance

Romance is a picture so good
It looks like an illustration

You take a photo of Sarah
Down by the bridge

It's breathtaking
It's enough to make you believe

Two drinks by the side of the road
A turkey sandwich
A flat tire

Enough time standing before you
So you don't panic

You don't get riled up
You think--'This is fine'
And you hold your leg out

Sarah'll make you chicken
When you get home
And corn the way you like it
And your coffee made right after

She says she's too old for romance
And so are you
But the corn still tastes good
So anything's possible

From the cheap place on the hill
You had better views

One side faced the bridge
One side faced the city

There were two drawers, both empty
An unimpressive pantry
That Sarah turned
Into a walk-in closet
And a nickel for each of you
To rub together
On rainy days

Now you have a house
And pictures of the bridge on the wall
Pictures that look like drawings
With two little people at the bottom
Dancing together
Like they just met

Sarah still smells like apricots
And expensive candles

She can still change her own oil
And change her own tires
And change her life at a moment's notice
And so it's lucky you're still here
Because she should have kicked you out in the 90's
When you were pulling all the shit
You shouldn't have been pulling

But she let you hang around
And now you're a real man
And still not good enough
To watch her fix chicken

But you're not going to tell her that

Because she pulled over for you once
And changed your tire
And gave you a ride
And you've been lucky ever since

Love so good
It looks like a picture
But it's so careful
And so precise
You think it must be something else

Like maybe it's romance
Maybe it's good old-fashioned
Magic